Dimensions
131 x 192 x 15mm
What happens when everything you know is ripped suddenly away? This is the fate that befalls Mary Jemison, a twelve-year-old frontier girl living in Pennsylvania in 1758.
During the French and Indian War, Mary is captured by the French and Shawnee and led deep into the woods. After her family is killed, Mary is traded to the Seneca and adopted by two sisters. Mary becomes known as Dehgewanus and learns the language and the culture of the Seneca.
Based on a True Story books are exciting historical fiction about real children who lived through extraordinary times in American History.
