Narrative Of The Captivity And Restoration Of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson

Mary (White) Rowlandson was a colonial American woman who was captured during an attack by Native Americans during King Philip's War and held ransom for 11 weeks and 5 days. After being released she wrote A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson also known as The Sovereignty and Goodness of God. It is a work in the literary genre of captivity narratives. It is considered to be one of America's first bestsellers four editions appearing in 1682 when it was first published.