18th-Century Frontier Forts
19th-Century Pulp Fiction Writer
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A01=Ken Stalter M.D.
Author_Jack Harpster
Author_Ken Stalter M.D.
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Cherry Valley Massacre
Chief Joseph
Clinton-Sullivan Indian Eradication Campaign
Early Native American and European Conflicts
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Everyday Life on 18th-Century New York Frontier
Fort Stanwix
Gilbert
Indian Agent
Indian Captivity Narrative (Literary Genre)
Iroquois Culture
Iroquois Refuge Camps
Iroquois Six-Nation Confederacy
Johnson
Josiah
Mohawk Leader
Molly
New York
Ogden Family Roots
Oneida Warrior Yaup (Jacob Doxatater)
Priest
Queenston Heights
Running the Gauntlet
Sir William
Tice
Upstate New York Locales
War of 1812
Wartime and Peacetime
Product details
- ISBN 9780313385650
- Weight: 510g
- Dimensions: 156 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 20 Jul 2010
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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This book recounts the amazing life story of a 16-year-old American Revolutionary-era soldier, including his captivity, adoption, and eventual flight to freedom from the Iroquois Six-Nation Indian tribes. The story is retold with historical accuracy and an even-handed treatment of the conflicting interests of the loyalists, Iroquois, and Patriots.
David Ogden was born into an unusually tumultuous time in America—the colonials were struggling to throw off the yoke of British rule while also battling the Iroquois tribes for control of their ancestral lands. The bibliography of anyone who survived a life in the late 1700s frontier days of New York would be a great tale, but David Ogden's story stands alone, even within historical context of his times.
Captive! The Story of David Ogden and the Iroquois is a compelling true adventure story of one young colonial soldier's bravery, choosing a daunting 126-mile race to freedom fraught with the risk of death over being assimilated into an alien society. This story is told with all the factual historical information that was missing from all the original captivity narratives, but accurately retains the flavor of the period and the voice of the 18th-century protagonist.
Jack Harpster is the author of The Railroad Tycoon Who Built Chicago: A Biography of William B. Ogden; John Ogden "The Pilgrim" (1609 - 1672): A Man of More Than Ordinary Mark; as well as two institutional biographies.
Ken Stalter, MD, is a general surgeon in Franklin, NY, and is a fourth-generation descendant of the book's hero, David Ogden.
