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

Now in paperback! ·Awarded honors in nonfiction by the Massachusetts Book Award. ·A riveting true story of murder captivity revenge and escape Told 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.