From the Bookshelf of Reading Classics, Chronologically Through the Ages…
Find A Copy At
Group Discussions About This Book
A Narrative of Captivity and Restoration by Mary Rowlandson (1682 CE) - #48
By Kendra · 1 post · 4 views
By Kendra · 1 post · 4 views
last updated Jun 03, 2021 10:41AM
Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners by John Bunyan (1666 CE) - #44
By Kendra · 2 posts · 14 views
By Kendra · 2 posts · 14 views
last updated Feb 27, 2021 06:28PM
What Members Thought

My review: https://withfreedomandbooks.blogspot....
Mary Rowlandson, a British native living in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, shares her terrifying experience: being forced from her home, witnessing the brutal murders of neighbors and family members, and being separated from her children, save one dying in her arms from a gunshot wound.
In 1675, American colonists were in the middle of a Native American conflict between several New England tribes and the British and their Indian allies. King Philip's ...more
Mary Rowlandson, a British native living in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, shares her terrifying experience: being forced from her home, witnessing the brutal murders of neighbors and family members, and being separated from her children, save one dying in her arms from a gunshot wound.
In 1675, American colonists were in the middle of a Native American conflict between several New England tribes and the British and their Indian allies. King Philip's ...more

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it,
click here.

I read this as part of the WEM booklist. It was really interesting to read a primary account from this time period. This was a fast read and hard to put down. The author's faith in God and the comfort she found in the Bible was really inspiring.
...more


Aug 16, 2019
Michelle
rated it
it was amazing
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
christian-memoirs

Dec 30, 2019
Christine
marked it as to-read
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
the-well-educated-mind