The wife of a minister in a small frontier town west of Boston; Mary Rowlandson was forced to leave her house in the late winter of 1676 after marauding Indians set the building on fire. "I had often before this said;" she later wrote; "that if the Indians should come; I should chuse rather to be killed by them than taken alive but when it came to the tryal my mind changed; their glittering weapons so daunted my spirit; that I chose rather to go along . . . than to end my days."Thus began Mary Rowlandson's account of her arduous journey as a servant to her captors; the Narragansett Indians. The most celebrated such document in American history; her record of the three months she spent in captivity tells of hardship and suffering; but also includes invaluable observations on Native American life and customs. The text is notable; as well; for conveying an understanding of her captors as individuals who not only suffered and faced difficult decisions but were also; at times; sympathetic humans (one of her abductors gave her a Bible taken during an earlier raid).An immediate bestseller when first published in 1682; Rowlandson's narrative is widely regarded today as a classic--the first in a series of "captivity narratives" in which women; seized by Indians; survived against overwhelming odds. Of special interest to historians and students of Native American culture; Rowlandson's astounding account — accompanied by three other famous narratives of captivity — will also thrill the most avid of adventure enthusiasts.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful. Not what I needed; but a fairly good productBy J. MurphyThe stencils are nice; "bubble" type letters.There are some inconsistencies in size; for example; tav is considerably taller than shin. Most letters are between 1 and 2 inches tall and 1.5 and 2 inches wide.Five letters are missing; but you may not need the final forms of haf; mem; nun; fay; or tzadee. It would have been nice if a couple of vowels had been included; say a segol and a qamatz; you could create the other vowels using those two.The letters come 3 or 4 to a page in a 4"x6" booklet. The pages are made of sturdy paper; but if children will be using them; the stencils will probably only survive two or three uses.This stencil set doesn't suit my needs and I will return it; but frankly; it's not a bad product.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Fun with Hebrew Alphabet Stencils (Dover Little Activity Books)By SimchatI love this. It was a great help in decorating a child's room.
