The Many Captivities of Esther Wheelwright (The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History)

Born And Raised In A New England Garrison Town, Esther Wheelwright (1696-1780) Was Captured By Wabanaki Indians At Age Seven. Among Them, She Became A Catholic And Lived Like Any Other Young Girl In The Tribe. At Age Twelve, She Was Enrolled At A French-canadian Ursuline Convent, Where She Would Spend The Rest Of Her Life, Eventually Becoming The Order's Only Foreign-born Mother Superior. Among These Three Major Cultures Of Colonial North America, Wheelwright's Life Was Exceptional: Border-crossing, Multilingual, And Multicultural. This Meticulously Researched Book Discovers Her Life Through The Communities Of Girls And Women Around Her: The Free And Enslaved Women Who Raised Her In Wells, Maine; The Wabanaki Women Who Cared For Her, Catechized Her, And Taught Her To Work As An Indian Girl; The French-canadian And Native Girls Who Were Her Classmates In The Ursuline School; And The Ursuline Nuns Who Led Her To A Religious Life--publisher's Website. Esther Wheelwright -- Mail Among The Wabanaki -- Esther Anglaise -- Sister Marie-joseph De L'enfant Jésus -- Mother Esther -- Esther Superior -- Esther Zelatrix. Ann M. Little. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 241-282) And Index.