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A Narrative of the Life of Mary Jemison, the White Woman of the Genesee

by James E. Seaver
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9781025858777
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Tradd Street Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Tradd Street Press
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 552
  • Original Price: GBP 32.95
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 944 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Native American

"A Narrative of the Life of Mary Jemison, the White Woman of the Genesee" is a seminal captivity narrative that provides an intimate and firsthand account of life among the Seneca people during the 18th and early 19th centuries. Taken captive as a young girl during the French and Indian War, Mary Jemison chose to stay with her adoptive Seneca family, eventually becoming a respected member of the community and a significant landholder in the Genesee Valley.

James E. Seaver's account, based on personal interviews with Jemison towards the end of her life, details her experiences through the American Revolution and the shifting landscape of the New York frontier. This work offers a rare perspective on the cultural clash and coexistence between European settlers and Native American nations. It remains an essential historical document for understanding the complexities of identity, survival, and the social structures of the Iroquois Confederacy.

Readers are presented with a vivid depiction of tribal customs, domestic life, and the profound challenges faced by those living on the edges of two worlds. "A Narrative of the Life of Mary Jemison, the White Woman of the Genesee" stands as a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and serves as a foundational text in early American biography and frontier history.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you may see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.

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