Liberty's Captives: Narratives of Confinement in the Print Culture of the Early Republic

Author/Contributor(s):	Williams, Daniel E
Publisher:	University of Georgia Press
Date:	06/25/2006
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

This anthology, the first to bring together various types of captivity narratives in a comparative way, broadens our view of the form as it shows how the captivity narrative, in the nation-building years from 1770 to 1820, helped to shape national debates about American liberty and self-determination.