Captive in the Wild

Year of Publication
1997
Publication Type
Novel
Number of Pages or Episodes
109 p.
Language
English
Contributors Author: Robert V. McCarthy
Publisher
Geyer Printing Company
City
Pittsburgh
Genre
Keywords
Abstract
Follows Massy Harbison, a woman settler in Allegheny Twp., Westmoreland County, who escaped from Indian captivity.
Notes
The novel draws on Harbison’s extensive diary A Narrative of the Sufferings of Massy Harbison, from Indian Barbarity (1825).
Author Biography
Bob McCarthy (1929-2007) is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, a veteran of the Korean War, and journalist and editor for suburban newspapers in Pittsburgh.
Time
1792-5
Places
Download citation