Journeys in New Worlds
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Journeys in New Worlds

Early American Women's Narratives

  1. 240 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Journeys in New Worlds

Early American Women's Narratives

About this book

Four early American women tell their own stories:  Mary Rowlandson on her capture by Indians in 1676, Boston businesswoman Sarah Kemble Knight on her travels in New England, Elizabeth Ashbridge on her personal odyssey from indentured servant to Quaker preacher, and Elizabeth House Trist, correspondent of Thomas Jefferson, on her travels from Philadelphia to Natchez.  Accompanied by introductions and extensive notes.

"The writings of four hearty women who braved considerable privation and suffering in a wild, uncultivated 17th- and 18th-century America.  Although confined by Old World patriarchy, these women, through their narratives, have endowed the frontier experience with a feminine identity that is generally absent from early American literature."—Publishers Weekly

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Yes, you can access Journeys in New Worlds by William L. Andrews, Annette Kolodny, Daniel B. Shea, Sargent Bush, Amy Schrager Lang, William L. Andrews,Annette Kolodny,Daniel B. Shea,Sargent Bush,Amy Schrager Lang,Sargent Bush, Jr. in PDF and/or ePUB format. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Illustrations
  3. Contributors
  4. Introduction / William L. Andrews
  5. A True History of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson / Amy Schrager Lang
  6. The Journal of Madam Knight / Sargent Bush, Jr.
  7. Some Account of the Fore Part of the Life of Elizabeth Ashbridge / Daniel B. Shea
  8. The Travel Diary of Elizabeth House Trist: Philadelphia to Natchez, 1783–84 / Annette Kolodny