Peter Williamson, French and Indian Cruelty: A Modern Critical Edition

by Peter Williamson

This book is the first scholarly edition of the most popular Native American captivity narrative published in eighteenth-century Britain. In this fully annotated modern version, Timothy J. Shannon re-acquaints modern readers with this popular North American captivity narrative, featuring a Scottish protagonist. He tells the story of Peter Williamson, a native of Aberdeen, who claimed he was kidnapped into indentured servitude in North America,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1399503413
• ISBN13: 9781399503419
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 228 Pages