Deh-He-Wa-Mis: or a Narrative of the Life of Mary Jemison: otherwise called the White Woman, who was Taken Captive

by the Indians in Mdcclv by James E. Seaver

$250 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

Later edition. 192pp. 12mo. Contemporary cloth, recased with the original spine laid down, very worn. Heavily foxed. Pilling 3542; Howes S263; Sabin 78680. Item #374985 An enlarged version of one of the most authentic and interesting of captivity narratives, according to Howes and Streeter. Jemison was captured by the Senecas in 1758, at the age of twelve, the rest of her family having been massacred. She was

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