{"name":"A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson by Mary Rowlandson","short_name":"A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson by Mary Rowlandson","theme_color":"#ffffff","start_url":"/","display":"standalone","background_color":"#fff","description":"This is the story of Mary Rowlandson’s capture by American Indians in 1675. It is a blunt, frightening, and detailed work with several moments of off-color humor. Mary, the wife of a minister, was captured by Natives during King Philips War while living in a Lancaster town, most of which was decimated, and the people murdered. See through her eyes, which depict Indians as the instruments of Satan. Her accounts were a best-seller of the era, and a seminal work, being one of the first captivity narratives ever published by a woman. Without works such as hers, there would likely not be many modern works inspired by similar themes, such as The Searchers, starring John Wayne.(Summary by Matthew Scott Surprenant)","icons":[{"src":"https://deow9bq0xqvbj.cloudfront.net/image-logo/18509010/Captivity-and-Restoration-of-Mary-Rowlandson_300x300.jpg","sizes":"300x300","type":"image/png"}]}