The captive of Nootka, or, The adventures of John R. Jewett.

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Peter Parley's little library ; 2.
Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood.
Main Author: Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860 (Author)
Other Authors: Alsop, Richard, 1761-1815
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott & Company, 1861.
Series:Peter Parley's little library ; 2.
Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood.
Subjects:
Jewitt, John R. > (John Rodgers), > 1783-1821 > Juvenile literature.
Indigenous captivities > Juvenile literature.
Nootka people > Juvenile literature.
Nootka Sound (B.C.) > Description and travel > Juvenile literature.
Genre:
Juvenile literature.
Online Access:
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Physical Description:1 online resource (259 pages) : illustrations.
Variant Title:
Captive of Nootka.
Adventures of John R. Jewett.
Format: Electronic eBook
Description
Note:Originally published under title: Narrative of the adventures and sufferings of John R. Jewitt; only survivor of the crew of the ship Boston ...
"Written by ... Richard Alsop ... [who] drew from Jewitt his story, during repeated interviews." cf. Hist. mag., volumes 4, 1860, page 91.
This edition is a free adaptation by S.G. Goodrich -- National Union Catalog pre-1956 imprints.
Reproduction of the original from the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.