The Many Captivities of Esther Wheelwright

The Many Captivities of Esther Wheelwright
Author: Ann M. Little
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2016-01-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0300218214


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An eye-opening biography of a woman at the intersection of three distinct cultures in colonial America Born and raised in a New England garrison town, Esther Wheelwright (1696-1780) was captured by Wabanaki Indians at age seven. Among them, she became a Catholic and lived like any other young girl in the tribe. At age twelve, she was enrolled at a French-Canadian Ursuline convent, where she would spend the rest of her life, eventually becoming the order's only foreign-born mother superior. Among these three major cultures of colonial North America, Wheelwright's life was exceptional: border-crossing, multilingual, and multicultural. This meticulously researched book discovers her life through the communities of girls and women around her: the free and enslaved women who raised her in Wells, Maine; the Wabanaki women who cared for her, catechized her, and taught her to work as an Indian girl; the French-Canadian and Native girls who were her classmates in the Ursuline school; and the Ursuline nuns who led her to a religious life.


The Many Captivities of Esther Wheelwright
Language: en
Pages: 305
Authors: Ann M. Little
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-01-01 - Publisher: Yale University Press

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