The Mary Rowlandson Story - Author of America's First Best Seller
This is Warren's original book about the lady who wrote the country's first best seller back in 1682. During the King Philip War in 1676 Mary was captured along with three of her children in an Indian raid on her garrison house in Lancaster, MA. She was then brought to the Brattleboro, VT area and then to the southwestern part of NH where she remained for most of her 3 1/2 months of captivity. Her narrative gives the inside story on the lives of the Indians allied with King Philip. It is a true story of the power of faith under extreme adversity.
This is now available in a newly published edition, retypeset for the first time back to it's original for greater historical correctness and now also for the first time it has been illustrated (by artist Terrie Morreale) to help the reader understand some of the terms and concepts mentioned but not explained in her text. An original color illustration (now a part of a permanent museum exhibit at the Montauk Point Lighthouse Museum) is also included of the Ground Nut plant and a special chapter is devoted to telling the story of this fascinating American aboriginal plant that was the Indian potato.