The Unredeemed Captive Summary

The unredeemed captive, is an instant classic written by John Putnam Demos in 1994. the story follows a young individual names Eunice Williams right in the middle of a seemingly endless conflict between New England colonist, and the indigenous Indian tribes. The story revolves around stereotypes and the justified hatred the colonists had. These themes and more will be covered but all with the overall inspection of his work, by which I mean is this a success full way to give history to an audience. Some might say its a more approachable way to teach history to an audience that needs to have their attention kept; while others would say that its historical FICTION and should be treated as such, and the only true method is through logistic straight

forward facts. Today we will approach this is the format in pages as such; the message; the delivery; the verdict..
First we will get started on the message.

The message the author is trying to tell speaks about the queen Anne's war. Which was a major a 10 year war, that took place in many countries with many a adversary. During the war, Great Britain, the Netherlands, and several German states fought against France, their Indian allies and Spain. The battles took place in the northern areas of North America and especially in Canada. Those battles usually took place between the two main apposing forces. Although, on some occasions and the setting of this story were the entirety of this story takes place, is in the deadliest raids in the ten years the war took place.
The place was Deerfield, Mass. On February 29, of 1704. French and native American forces, in the range of 288, stormed the small village and killed 56 people, the majority of them being woman and children, as well as capturing over 109 colonist living in the city. To add even more to the death toll; of the all the captured colonist that had to make the trek north to Canada, only 89 of them actually made it to their destination.
This history was the framework for The unredeemed captive, now how effectively this message was told is up for debate, and where the second page of my paper will begin; the

delivery.

The delivery. In this page we will be focusing less on the message at hand, but more on the story, and how the book portrayed this message.
The message follows one family, or 9,but two were scalped and left for dead, of the 89 captured souls that were taken on the long trek north to an Indian village in Canada. As well as falling the world around it and how it reacts the the chaos. The family was of the predominant preacher in the area who the french believe would be an equal individual to trade for on of their own. A pirate captain known as Jean Baptiste Guyon. It would take another 3 years for the trade to be completed and negotiations to have his family returned; all but one. Young Eugine, who was six at the time, would be held and refused to be returned do to the kahnwake Indians.
What the author does very well is his use of sources.

Case in point; throughout the entire book his internal citations refer to many diary entries, and factual evidence. Even in the story, to back up what he is talking about he pauses, and includes break in the paragraph to use real indisputable facts. This helps to add more credibility and truth to a story that in its purest form is historical fiction. Though will get into what I think of his portrayal of history as a whole latter on. Its very impressive to see how much research goes into this work just for something In this format is for peoples amusement. As you look the bibliography of the book you start looking at the dates of his citations. Dates start to pop up that as a history enthusiast start to blow your mind; 1906, 1811, 1711. 1711!? He has had his hands on information that predates the formation of the United

States.
Lastly, is the way he folds in the rest of the world and the social backlash and expiernce that comes with the events in Deerfield. Because this event is a turning point in the story that is the Queen Annes war. So it would almost be a dis-justice not