Captivity narratives were popular in Colonial American Literature. Read about the exploits of Mary Rowlandson and other captives.
1. American Captivity Narratives
by Gordon M. Sayre (Editor), and Paul Lauter (Editor). Houghton Mifflin Company. From The Publisher: "Accounts of colonists captured by native peoples were the first bestsellers in America. This volume brings together engrossing colonial narratives, both historical and fictional, and black slave narratives by Olaudah Equiano and others."
2. Captivity Narrative
by Mary Ann Samyn. Ohio State University Press. From the publisher: "Samyn explores the themes of captivity, removal and return, and enchantment."
3. Women's Indian Captivity
by Kathryn Z. Derounian-Stodola. Viking Penguin. From the publisher: "Enthralling generations of readers, the narrative of capture by Native Americans is arguably the first American literary form dominated by women's experiences." This book includes: "Mary Rowlandson: A True History of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson (1682)," along with other narratives.4. Captive Selves
by Pauline Turner Strong. Westview Press. From the publisher: "This detailed and nuanced study of the relationship between practice and representation, on the one hand, and identity and alterity, on the other, is an important contribution to cultural studies, American studies, Native American studies, women's studies, and historical anthropology."
5. Bound and Determined
by Christopher Castiglia. University of Chicago Press. From the publisher: "Castiglia questions critical conceptions of captivity stories as primarily an appeal to racism and misogyny..." Chapters include: "Captivity Is Consciousness," "A More Interesting Adventure," "Her Tortures Were Turned into Frolick," and others.6. White Captives
by June Namias. University of North Carolina Press. From the publisher: "Namias begins by comparing the experiences and representations of male and female captives over time and on successive frontiers, from colonial New England to mid-nineteenth-century Minnesota..." Chapters include: "White Women Held Captive," "White Men Held Captive," and more.7. Captured by the Indians
by Frederick Drimmer (Editor). Dover Publications. From the publisher: "Fifteen true adventures recount suffering and torture, bloody massacres, relentless pursuits, miraculous escapes and adoption into Indian tribes. Fascinating historical record and revealing picture of Indian culture and frontier life."8. The Falcon: A Narrative
by John Tanner. Penguin Putnam. From the publisher: "This is the autobiography of John Tanner (the Falcon), who is captured by the Shawnee tribe in 1789 at the age of nine, then sold to an Ojibwa family with whom he spends the first half of his adult life."