Book Review of Unredeemed Captive

Posted on May 6, 2008 by admin

I had to read this book for a Native American History class I took at UNCA here in Asheville NC this past semester so I thought I’d share some of my essays with my readers.

The Unredeemed Captive by John Demos was about Eunice Williams’ captivity and the ordeal her family went through to try and get her to return home. Eunice was captured together with her family and over 100 other town residents in the Deerfield raid of 1704. Demos accurately described the Deerfield raid, the captives’ trek to Canada and some individual’s captivity experience. He gave reasons for the raid and why it was successful. In addition, he described the Kahnawake Indian village where Eunice lived, their society, customs and so forth. Since very little is known about Eunice, Demos attempted to describe how he thought her life would have been like by relating life in the Kahnawake village. To read more, see Book Review

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I worked 18 years at Gerber products before the plant shut down in 1998. I then attended Asheville Buncombe Technical Community College for information systems. Graduated with a 3.5 grade average. Then I went to UNCA for awhile as a History major. I started Ashevillelist.com in 2000.
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One Response to Book Review of Unredeemed Captive

  1. Julia Nunnally Duncan says:
    July 23, 2009 at 10:33 am

    Hello,

    I would like to add my latest book on the Books section of your site: When Day Is Done: a novel.

    Please also add this link so that readers can read the first chapter, see the reviews, and order the book:
    http://www.marchstreetpress.com/cat/duncan-day.html.

    Thanks, much.
    Julia Nunnally Duncan