Living with the Senecas: A Story about Mary Jemison

by Susan Bivin Aller

Book Overview

Mary Jemison endured many hardships, dangers, and tragedies during her life. She was born in 1743 as her parents emigrated from Ireland to Pennsylvania. When she was fifteen years old, a group of raiding Shawnee Indians and French soldiers captured her and her family. She was the only one to survive. For seventy-five years, she lived among the Seneca Indians who adopted her. She outlived two husbands and bore eight children. She witnessed two wars...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822559897
• ISBN13: 9780822559894
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Millbrook Press
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 8 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 6