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Book Review of Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison

Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison
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A children's novel based on the true story of Mary Jemison, captured and adopted by Indians in colonial Pennsylvania in 1758. Mary has a difficult time adjusting to a different society, but when she a young woman and is finally given the choice to return to the world of the European colonists, she decides to stay with her adopted people.

A book I read in my childhood and never forgotten.