Massacre on the Merrimack Hannah Duston's Captivity and Revenge in Colonial America |
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Author:
| Atkinson, Jay |
ISBN: | 978-1-4930-0322-8 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2015 |
Publisher: | Globe Pequot Press, The
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Imprint: | Lyons Press |
Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $27.95 |
Book Description:
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Early on March 15, 1697, a band of Abenaki warriors in service to the French raided the English frontier village of Haverhill, Massachusetts. Striking swiftly, the Abenaki killed twenty-seven men, women, and children, and took thirteen captives, including thirty-nine-year-old Hannah Duston and her week-old daughter, Martha. A short distance from ......
Early on March 15, 1697, a band of Abenaki warriors in service to the French raided the English frontier village of Haverhill, Massachusetts. Striking swiftly, the Abenaki killed twenty-seven men, women, and children, and took thirteen captives, including thirty-nine-year-old Hannah Duston and her week-old daughter, Martha. A short distance from ......