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A History of Jonathan Alder: His Captivity and Life with the Indians by Henry Clay Alder Publisher Comments A History of Jonathan Alder: His Captivity and Life with the Indians is one of the most extensive first person accounts to survive from Ohios pioneer and early settlement eras. Nine year-old Alder was captured and taken to Ohio by Indians in 1782... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $23.00 Used - Hardcover 
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The Captivity of the Oatman Girls among the Apache and Mohave Indians by Royal B. Stratton Publisher Comments This riveting true-life story recounts the capture of a pair of Mormon sisters after Indians attacked their covered wagon and massacred their family in 1851. It relates their harsh life as slaves among the Apache and Mohave tribes and the miraculous... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $11.49 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Narrative of the Capture and Rescue of Mary Rowlan by Mary Rowlandson Publisher Comments In February 1676, during King Philip's War, the frontier village of Lancaster, Massachusetts, was attacked by a party of Nipmuck Indians and completely destroyed. As relief from Concord approached, the attackers withdrew, taking with them 24 captives... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Six Weeks in the Sioux Tepees: A Fascinating First-Person Account of a Woman's Six-Week Captivity by the Sioux in 1862 by Sarah F Wakefield Publisher Comments Clashes between white and Indian societies are erupting into war when Sarah Wakefield is taken captive in 1862. She is the wife of an Agency doctor and a known friend of the Sioux. As desperate Sioux warriors attack the Agency, Sarah falls victim to the... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Captivity of the Oatman Girls by R B Stratton Publisher Comments In the spring of 1851, nine members of the Oatman family set out for California on the old Santa Fe Trail. Seventy miles from the California border they were attacked by Indians, who massacred the entire family, except a boy, Lorenzo (mistakenly left for... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Oatman Massacre: A Tale of Desert Captivity and Survival by Brian Mcginty Publisher Comments The Oatman massacre is among the most famous and dramatic captivity stories in the history of the Southwest. In this riveting account, Brian McGinty explores the background, development, and aftermath of the tragedy. Roys Oatman, a dissident Mormon, led... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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American Captivity Narratives (Riverside Editions, A125) by Gordon Sayre Publisher Comments This volume collects a wide variety of works from a uniquely American literary tradition, the captivity narrative. Beginning with an excerpt from Hans Staden's The True History of His Captivity, which influenced the American captivity narrative, this... (read more) List Price $30.35 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Women's Indian Captivity Narratives (Penguin Classics) by K Derounian Stodola Publisher Comments Enthralling generations of readers, the narrative of capture by Native Americans is arguably the first American literary form dominated by the experiences of women. The ten selections in this anthology span the early history of this country (1682-1892... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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White Slaves of Maquinna: John R. Jewitt's Narrative of Capture and Confinement of Nootka by John R Jewitt Publisher Comments On March 22, 1803, while anchored in Nootka Sound on the west coast of Vancouver Island, the Boston was attacked by friendly Nootka Indians. Twenty-five of her twenty-seven crewmen were massacred, their heads arranged in a line for survivor John R Jewitt... (read more) List Price $16.25 Your price: $11.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Captivity of the Oatman Girls Among the Apache and Mohave Indians (Dover Books on the American Indians) by Lorenzo D Oatman Publisher Comments This riveting true-life story recounts the capture of a pair of Mormon sisters after Indians attacked their covered wagon and massacred their family in 1851. It relates their harsh life as slaves among the Apache and Mohave tribes and the... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Blue Tattoo (09 Edition) by Margot Mifflin Publisher Comments In 1851 Olive Oatman was a thirteen-year-old pioneer traveling west toward Zion with her Mormon family. Within a decade, she was a white Indian with a chin tattoo, caught between cultures. The Blue Tattoo tells the harrowing story of this forgotten... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Narrative of the Dangers & Sufferings of Robert Eastburn During his Captivity in the Years 1756-1757 by Robert Eastburn Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Narrative of My Captivity Among the Siou by Fanny Kelly List Price $15.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Indian Captivity of O M Spencer by Milo Milton Quaife Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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Narrative of My Captivity Among the Siou by Fanny Kelly Your price: $4.50 Used - Book Club Hardcover
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Narrative of My Captivity among the Sioux Indians by Fanny Kelly Your price: $5.98 Used - Hardcover
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