
THE ORDEAL OF JOHN GYLES
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McClelland and Stewart, Toronto, 1967, 2nd pr. Hard cover, 155 pages. Brown boards with gold lettering on spine; some marks on boards; light corner and spine end wear; binding sound with a very slight lean. No jacket. Oval stamp and small mark on FEP; remainder of interior clean and unmarked with tanning pages. ‘In 1689 a nine-year-old Puritan boy was captured by fierce Maliseet braves invading what is now Maine. He became a slave of the St. John River Indians – and one of the first English civilian residents of what is now the Province of New Brunswick. This semi-fictional book is based on John Gyles’ incredible adventures during the six years he spent with the Indians and the three years he lived with a French seigneur’s family, as chronicled in his personal journal written in 1736. He was probably the first North American to understand all three elements – English, French and Indian – and to see things through their eyes.’ (from Foreword)