The Taking of Jemima Boone: Colonial Settlers, Tribal Nations, and the Kidnap That Shaped America Free Audiobook Download by Matthew Pearl

By the mid-18th century, the American frontier had begun; roaming bands of Americans were no longer part of British colonies in the East. They were now independent and they began to develop a culture that was uniquely their own. The most famous example of this new culture is the story of Jemima Boone.

The Taking of Jemima Boone is the story of a 1750s-era kidnapping that went horribly wrong. The book tells the tale of an eighteenth century woman who was kidnapped by Native Americans and sold into slavery. This book unveils how she became one of the first women to be kidnapped in America, and also how her abduction shaped the way colonists handled interactions with Native Americans in the years following.

The Taking of Jemima Boone: Colonial Settlers, Tribal Nations, and the Kidnap That Shaped America by Matthew Pearl is a non-fiction audiobook that tells the story of how an English family was kidnapped on their way to America during a time before the Revolutionary War. The book starts with two brothers who were traveling from London to North Carolina. They had already bought land for their new home in Virginia. On their way, they stopped at a house in Pennsylvania because they overheard rumors of untapped American treasures. Once they arrived at the cabin, they found it empty with no signs of any Native Americans nearby. A few days later, their brother Stephen came across a Native American camp near his property. The Native Americans killed him and took

In the early 18th century, several Native American nations in Georgia and South Carolina began to kidnap women from rival tribes. Jemima Boone would be taken by a Cherokee group of chiefs to sell as a slave to British traders on the other side of the Appalachian Mountains. Yet she was not alone- in her new home, Jemima Boone found herself surrounded by people that were just like her, with no more than their skin to distinguish them.

The Taking of Jemima Boone: Colonial Settlers, Tribal Nations, and the Kidnap That Shaped America is a work of historical fiction set in 1770s North Carolina. It tells the story of an Indian girl and her two white abductors as they switch places for a year. Their journey changes not only their lives, but how America was founded.

The Taking of Jemima Boone is the story of a 17-year-old girl who is kidnapped by Delaware Indian chiefs and sold to a family in Pennsylvania. The book follows her life as she becomes prominent in the Quaker movement and then gets married to Ben Franklin. The author claims that this true account has been "buried, suppressed, and forgotten" until now.