Massacre on the Merrimack - Hannah Duston''s Captivity and Revenge in Colonial America

Informationen zum Autor By Jay Atkinson Klappentext Now in paperback! ·Awarded honors in nonfiction by the Massachusetts Book Award.·A riveting true story of murder, captivity, revenge, and escapeTold with narrative skill and exquisite historical detail Massacre on the Merrimack examines a dark period in America's past and the bloody deeds of Hannah Duston, who escaped her Native American captors and returned to her settlement of Haverhill, Massachusetts, with a collection of scalps. Jay Atkinson is the author of eight books. He has written for the New York Times, Boston Globe, Newsday, Men's Health, and Boston Globe magazine. He lives in Methuen, Massachusetts. Zusammenfassung Now in paperback, Massacre on the Merrimack is a riveting true story of murder, captivity, revenge, and escape, set against the fiery backdrop of America's pre-colonial past. It's the incredible tale of Hannah Duston, who escaped her Native American captors and returned to her settlement of Haverhill, Massachusetts, with a collection of their scalps.

Product details

• Authors: Jay Atkinson, Atkinson Jay
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2017
• EAN: 9781493029983
• ISBN: 978-1-4930-2998-3
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, United States of America, USA, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History of the Americas, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, C 1600 To C 1700