Esther : the remarkable true story of Esther Wheelwright : Puritan child, native daughter, Mother Superior
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- ISBN: 9780002007238 :
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[ix], 342 p., [8] p. of plates : ill ; 24 cm. - Publisher: Toronto : HarperCollins Canada, c2011.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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In 1703, a war party of French soldiers and Abenaki warriorsraided the village of seven-year-old Puritan girl EstherWheelwright, taking thirty-nine captives and killing a handfulof men, women and children. That Esther managed to survivethe 200-mile journey by foot through swamps and forests to aJesuit mission in New France is astonishing. That she was adopted,quite happily, into a family of her Abenaki captors, isequally amazing. But for the Wheelwright family, who waitedyears before they had word that Esther had even survived theraid, this was a tragedy.
When Estherâs release from her Abenaki family was finallynegotiated through a French Jesuit who took her to the city ofQuebec, it was too late. At the age of fourteen, Esther brokeher parentsâ hearts by refusing to go home; they never saw heragain. Instead, she remained in Quebec, the capital of NewFrance, where, against all odds, she rose through the ranks tobecome Mother Superiorand a pivotal figure after the siegeof Quebec in 1759.
Written by Estherâs descendant, Julie Wheelwright, Estheris a spiritual and an emotional journey of survival, and of thehuman capacity for transformation.