The American frontier hero in Mary Rowlandson's Narrative of the capitivity and restauration -- Mythological roots of the American frontier hero -- Mary Rowlandson, Puritan hero -- Mothering the Adamic hero -- Transcending gendered English American social positions: gender and racial multiplicity in the Adventures of Unca Eliza Winkfield -- Dancing between ferocity and delicacy in Edgar Huntly; or, Memoirs of a sleep-walker / Charles Brockden Brown -- Reconstituting the American frontier hero through James Fenimore Cooper's Natty Bumppo in The last of the Mohicans: a narrative of 1757 -- Mary Rowlandson in jeans: The John Ford/John Wayne film The Searchers and the Mary Rowlandson archetype
Summary
The study follows the early evolution of the American frontier hero, from its roots in Mary Rowlandson's narration of her experiences as a prisoner during King Phillip's war through works by Unca Eliza Winkfield, Charles Brockden Brown, James Fenimore Cooper, the film-maker John Ford, and actor John Wayne
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-214) and index