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Laddar... The Old American: A Novel (Hardscrabble Books-Fiction of New England)av Ernest Hebert
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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. Unique persona of native narrator makes this a mind-expanding story. ( ) This is a fictionalize version of a real-life adventure of Nathan Blake, a settler in colonial America in 1786. He was captured by an Iroquois war party and kept as a prisoner. Ten years later, he was ransomed by his wife. Not much else is known of his captivity except that Nathan said his ten years with the Indians were the happiest period of his life. Intrigued with this true story, Ernest Hebert, a professor at Dartmouth, well versed in early American history, wrote a historical novel in which he described, from an expert's point of view, the Indians and the pioneers. Hebert describes how the Indians lived, what they were like, and shows their truly human side. He fictionalized the Iroquois captor, whom Hebert names "Caucus-Meteor," a son of King Philip (a real historical figure) and portrayed Caucus-Meteor as "king of the remnants of King Philip's tribe." In those days, the Indians, rather than the pioneers, were called Americans. Hebert refers to Caucus-Meteor as "The Old American." The novel is more about Caucus-Meteor than about Nathan Blake. Caucus-Meteor is the main character. This fascinating novel ends with a description of a stone that marks where Nathan was captured. The stone's caption reads: “Site of first log house built by Nathan Blake 1736. He was captured by the Indians and taken to Canada in 1746. Ransomed by his wife Elizabeth Graves in 1749. Six generations of the Blake family lived on this spot.” inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
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