Talk:Mary Rowlandson

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Mary Rowlandson

Changes 29 October
Mary Rowlandson was not "the first American author". Anne Bradstreet precedes her. So I deleted that sentence. I also noted a number of conflicts in fact in the article with what is stated in my source: the Anthology of American Literature. Where there was a direct conflict, i.e. that a colonial militia was pursuing the Indians rather than the English Army, I made the change. I left the original article text intact as much as possible, and added a few more noteworthy facts. I hope with our combined efforts the article has been substantially improved. -Dan Quigley

book sales
According to Susan Faludi in a book review in the NYT 7 Sept. 2007, MR's book went through four printings and was America's 'first best-seller.'  Could someone check if this is true - and if so incorporate it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 211.225.34.159 (talk) 02:10, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Well, this book you can be read in an old ediction, in this site: [Book].You can also buy this book new, in this site: [Amazon].Agre22 (talk) 15:26, 8 October 2009 (UTC)agre22

It would probably fit well into the first paragraph, the introduction. I have also heard that it went through four printings in a very short ammount of time, and yes, I think it is quite accurate to describe it was America's First "Bestseller." It was way ahead on the phenomenon of pop-culture non-fiction. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.177.14.205 (talk) 20:21, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

i needed to khow what type of writing she did
please someone add i dont know but need to know —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.239.42.234 (talk) 22:27, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

Changes 18 January 2008
Updated the first paragraph with more recent historical research. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lexx17 (talk • contribs)

Read the book free and online
In this site: [Book] you can read Mary Rowlandson's book for free.Agre22 (talk) 15:25, 8 October 2009 (UTC)agre22

Dates?
If she endured eleven weeks of captivity from February 10, 1675, how could she have been released on May 2, 1676? It should be on May 2, 1675. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 150.214.9.249 (talk) 12:21, 15 November 2010 (UTC)


 * and to add onto that, if she was released by May 2, 1675; how could she have been "captured during King Philip's War" on February 10, when the war itself din't begin until July? --134.224.220.1 (talk) 21:44, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

The apparent conflict of years may simply reflect contemporary practice. It was common in 17th century England to use "civil" or "legal" years, which start in March. The "New Year's Day" section of the article on the Julian Calender discusses this, and modern historians quite often use the form (for eg.) 1631/2 when dealing with dates early in the year during this period. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.149.50.218 (talk) 08:03, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

External links modified
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