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Author:

Foster, William Henry, 1963-

Title:

The captors' narrative : Catholic women and their Puritan men on the early American frontier / William Henry Foster.

Publisher:

Cornell University Press,

Copyright Date:

2003

Description:

x, 205 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Sex role--Canada--History.
Slave labor--Canada--History.
Indian captivities--Canada.
Captivity narratives--New England--History and criticism.
Catholic women--Canada--Social conditions.
Nuns--Canada--Social conditions.
Puritan men--Canada--Social conditions.
Frontier and pioneer life--Canada.
Canada--History--To 1763.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Narratives of captor and captive -- The farm : lives of the Congregation Notre-Dame -- The frontier : girls' own errand into the wilderness -- The hospital : paradoxes of the Grey Sisters -- The seigneury : obscuring Marguerite and Louise Guyon -- The household : captive and Canadienne.

ISBN:

9780801440595 (cloth : alk. paper)
0801440599 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)50859310

LCCN:

2002151455

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)