Description

Elm Tree Press, [Published date: 1926]. Hardcover, x, 44 pp; 24 cm. [Full title] "A New England Pioneer: 'The Captivity of Mrs. Johnson' The Story of Her Life with an Account of Her Capture and Experiences During Four Years with the French and Indians, 1746 - 1750." First edition thus. In good+ condition. Blue paper-covered boards with dark blue cloth spine and printed title labels to front and spine. Light nicking to the paper over the corner tips of the covers and light overall scuffing, aging and soiling to covers as well Binding tight. Pages lightly aged but otherwise unmarked. Illustrated with a tipped-in map frontispiece and eight tipped-in black-and-white photographs by Clara E. Sipprell, all present. The book is a condensed version of Susannah Willard Johnson's classic captivity narrative, edited by her great-great-granddaughter Mary M. Billings French. Johnson recounts her capture during the 1754 Abenaki raid on Charlestown, New Hampshire, and her subsequent four-year captivity with the French and Indians from 1746 - 1750. French's introduction summarizes the publication history of Johnson's original 1796 narrative. The photographs by Sipprell depict locations connected with Johnson's story.