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• Title:The captive of Nootka. Or the adventures of John R. Jewett.
  
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• Author/Creator:Jewitt, John R. (John Rodgers), 1783-1821.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Alsop, Richard, 1761-1815.
  
• Published/Created:Philadelphia, H.F. Anners, 1841.
  

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  • Location:RARE BOOKS & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: F5817.51 .N2 1841
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Indian captivities.
  Nootka captivities.
  
• Description:xii, [13]-259 p. : incl. front. ill. ; 14 cm
  
• Series:Peter Parley's little library ; v. 2.
  
• Additional formats:Available also online.
  
• Notes:First published under title: Narrative of the adventures and sufferings of John R. Jewitt; only survivor of the crew of the ship Boston ...
  "Written by ... Richard Alsop ... [who] drew from Jewett his story, during repeated interviews." cf. Hist. mag., v. 4, 1860, p. 91.
  The narrative in this edition is changed to the third person.