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Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763
Children's fiction
Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763
184 pages · First published 1998
Thirteen-year-old Catharine Carey Logan is a Quaker girl living in Pennsylvania during Pontiac’s War in 1763 when she is captured by Lenape people. Her diary records fear, cultural disorientation, and the gradual complication of assumptions she brought from her colonial community. Living among her captors forces Catharine to see individuals and customs that do not fit the simple enemy image she expected. Mary Pope Osborne’s Dear America novel explores captivity, colonial conflict, and cross-cultural encounter, though readers should consider its portrayal of Indigenous history alongside current scholarship and Native perspectives.
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Kidnapping/captivity · Wartime/battle violence and peril
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