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CAPTIVES, 1677:THE STORY OF BENJAMIN AND MARTHA WAITE
A band of Indians attacked Hatfield, Massachusetts, on September 19, 1677, burning, looting, and killing. They carried off seventeen people, mostly women and children. Their destination, on foot, was Canada. Among them were Martha Waite, pregnant, and her three girls, ages two, four, and six. Captives, 1677, the story of this first Indian/Canadian kidnapping, is a stirring novel of courageous survival, love, and rescue. It follows the captives’ terrible ordeal and the rescue mission of Martha’s husband Benjamin Waite and his friend Stephen Jennings from Hatfield, to Count Frontenac’s court in Quebec, and back to Massachusetts with the captives’ triumphal return. A forgotten saga of American heroism is brought to vivid life in Captives, 1677.
- GenresNative American
262 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 20, 2009
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March 17, 2015
Rated a 3.5/5.
I bought this book after reading another captivity book about a young lady who had her face tattooed blue by Indians.
I enjoyed this booked a lot and was excited to return to read it every night, until I got to the part where Ben Waite found the captive people. From their, my interest in the book wained as I found that, like so many other books, it seemed as though the author hurried his writings.
The ending of this book was very short, to the point and not the lovely, and descriptive book it had been up until that point. Enjoyable, but left me feeling disappointed.
I bought this book after reading another captivity book about a young lady who had her face tattooed blue by Indians.
I enjoyed this booked a lot and was excited to return to read it every night, until I got to the part where Ben Waite found the captive people. From their, my interest in the book wained as I found that, like so many other books, it seemed as though the author hurried his writings.
The ending of this book was very short, to the point and not the lovely, and descriptive book it had been up until that point. Enjoyable, but left me feeling disappointed.
October 20, 2016
Hero's Found
Great story! Couldn't put it down. Richly developed adventure of a true event in Early America. You are there, I was enthralled with the wordsmith, the author crafted a novel that touches on human nature both the good and the bad. Great comfort to my faith by how important God's place was in their lives then. And should be for us today. Well balanced excellent novel.
Great story! Couldn't put it down. Richly developed adventure of a true event in Early America. You are there, I was enthralled with the wordsmith, the author crafted a novel that touches on human nature both the good and the bad. Great comfort to my faith by how important God's place was in their lives then. And should be for us today. Well balanced excellent novel.
March 9, 2016
Being about my ancestors I may be a little biased, but I thought it was awesome
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