The Deerfield Massacre : a surprise attack, a forced march, and the fight for survival in early America / James L. Swanson.

"Once it was one of the most famous events in early American history. Today, it has been nearly forgotten. In an obscure, two-hundred-year-old museum in a little village in western Massachusetts, there lies what once was the most revered but now totally forgotten relic from the history of early New...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Swanson, James L., 1959- (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, LLC, 2024.
Edition:First Scribner hardcover edition.
Subjects:
Deerfield Massacre, Deerfield, Mass., 1704.
First Nation captivities.
Deerfield (Mass.) > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 > Historiography.
Prisonniers des Peuples autochtones > Canada.
Deerfield (Mass.) > Histoire > ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale) > Historiographie.
Historiography.
Indian captivities.
Canada.
Massachusetts > Deerfield.
Deerfield (Mass.)
HISTORY / United States / General.
1600-1775
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xiv, 316 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 24 cm
Variant Title:
Surprise attack, a forced march, and the fight for survival in early America
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Prologue
  • Part I: A history of superstition, violence, and massacre. "Dear and deadly grapes"
  • Blood in the snow : February 29, 1704
  • "Fell by the rage of ye barbarous enemy" : On the march
  • Part II: The aftermath : Captivity and a test of faith. Tales of captivity
  • Redemption and return to Zion
  • End of days
  • Part III: Memory, myth, and legend. Antiquarian sanctification
  • Colonial revival and patriotism enthroned
  • New interpretations and a "massacre" reimagined
  • Epilogue: The ghost of a town.