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• Title:The captive of Nootka, or, the adventures of John R. Jewett [sic].
  
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• Author/Creator:Jewitt, John R. (John Rodgers), 1783-1821.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Alsop, Richard, 1761-1815.
  
• Published/Created:Philadelphia, Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 1854.
  

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  • Location:RARE BOOKS & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: F5817.51 .N2 1854
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Indian captivities.
  Nuu-chah-nulth Indians.
  Nootka Sound (B.C.)
  
• Description:xii, 14-259 pages : frontispiece, illustrations ; sq. 24 to.
  
• Series:Peter Parley's little library ; v. 2.
  
• Additional formats:Available also online.
  
• Notes:Originally published under title: Narrative of the adventures and sufferings of John R. Jewitt; only survivor of the crew of the ship Boston.
  Illustrated t.p.
  "Written by ... Richard Alsop ... [who] drew from Jewitt his story, during repeated interviews. The narrative in this edition is changed to the third person."--Historical mag., v. 5, 1869, p. 91.