The Redeemed Captive Returning to Zion: or, a Faithful History of Remarkable Occurrences in the Captivity and Deliverance of Mr. John Williams, Minister of the Gospel in Deerfield.. de Williams, John - 1970

Freeport: Books for Libraries Press, 1970. Reprint. Cloth. A very good+ copy, edges foxed.. viii, 192 pp. Illus. with 2 b/w reproductions. 8vo. Stephen W. Williams, appendix, notes. Subtitle: "who in the Desolution which befel that plantation by an Incursion of the French and Indians, was by them carried away, with his Family and his Neighborhood, into Canada, drawn up by Himself. To which is added, a Biographical Memoir of the Reverend Author, with an appendix and notes, by Stephen W. WIlliams." A reprint of the 1853 edition, which was a new edition, with Stepehen Williams' essay incorporated, of a work first published in 1707. "One of the most famous and most popular captivity narratives. Williams, a Harvard graduate in charge of the church at Greenfield when it was attacked by Indians in 1703, was taken, with others, to Canada, his wife and two of his children being tomahawked on the way. As a powerful picture of Indian cruelty, ranks next to the Rowlandson captivity narrative, published in 1682," (Howes 461) .