Portrayed mostly as rigid, angry and dogmatic, the Puritans contrast poorly with the generally kind and commonsensical Indians, and Mercy's final choice is thus compelling. Just how much her perspective broadens can be measured by the fact that, in addition to adopting many Indian ways, Mercy can find something sacred and comforting in the Catholic mass a rite she was raised to believe led straight to eternal damnation. Uncertain whether she will be adopted by the Mohawk who captured her or whether the English will pay the ransom that would allow her to return to Massachusetts, Mercy struggles to balance loyalty to her own family and traditions with a growing appreciation for the Kahnawake way of life. Some of the novel's most riveting chapters describe the difficult winter trek that takes them 300 miles north to Canada, where Mercy settles into life in a traditional Indian village near Montreal. After their village is burned and many of its residents killed, Mercy and more than 100 other settlers are taken prisoner by the Kahnawake Mohawk, who have been converted to Catholicism by the French.
Urn:oclc:745930821 Republisher_date 20120317180017 Republisher_operator Scandate 20120317062757 Scanner on actual events, this latest offering from the accomplished Cooney (The Face on the Milk Carton Driver's Ed) is a gripping and thought-provoking account of the 1704 Indian raid on the English settlement of Deerfield, Mass. OL12416W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 93.18 Pages 266 Ppi 514 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0385740468 Urn:lcp:ransomofmercycar00coon:epub:35d0cdfe-bff6-4a56-a04b-82fbd88b6372 Extramarc University of Toronto Foldoutcount 0 Identifier ransomofmercycar00coon Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t6nz9856v Isbn 9780385326155Ġ385326157 Lccn 00031545 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Openlibrary OL6782416M Openlibrary_edition Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 21:03:14 Boxid IA173801 Boxid_2 BWB220141016 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Donor
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