A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison - Softcover

Seaver, James E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1517281121 ISBN 13: 9781517281120

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

That to biographical writings we are indebted for the greatest and best field in which to study mankind, or human nature, is a fact duly appreciated by a well-informed community. In them we can trace the effects of mental operations to their proper sources; and by comparing our own composition with that of those who have excelled in virtue, or with that of those who have been sunk in the lowest depths of folly and vice, we are enabled to select a plan of life that will at least afford self-satisfaction, and guide us through the world in paths of morality.

About this title

From the Back Cover

In 1758, fifteen-year-old Mary Jemison and her family were captured near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by a Shawnee and French raiding party. Shortly thereafter, her family was killed; she was turned over to a Seneca family, adopted by them, and four years later taken to their western New York homeland--where, by choice, she spent the rest of her life as an Iroquois wife, mother, and landed proprietor.

About the Author

James E. Seaver, a 19th-century author, is best known for writing “A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison.”

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1517281121
• ISBN 13: 9781517281120
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 78