Captors and Captives: The 1704 French and Indian Raid on Deerfield

Used/Native American Studies. Book is in good condition, with clean and crisp pages free of marks and tears, with some highlighting throughout the book. Book jacket has a small tear.

Synopsis: On February 29th, 1704, a party of French and Indian raiders descended on the Massachusetts village of Deerfield, killing 50 residents and capturing more than a 100 others. within a framework stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes. They show how the assault grew out of the aspiration of Nw England family farmers, the ambitions of Canadian colonists, the calculations of French officials, the fears of Abenaki warriors, and the grief of Mohawk women as they all struggled to survive the ongoing confrontation of empires and cultures. of a variety of individuals involved, examining how captives and captors negotiated cultural boundaries. They take in social, political, literary, religious and military history, and reveal connections between cultures and histories usually considered separate.