This artful book is an adventurous recollection of the true story of one man's capture and captivity.

Based on John Jewitt's journals, this artful book of historical fiction recounts an amazing slice of history After his ship is burned and his shipmates killed, John Jewitt lived as a captive of the Mowachaht Indians for three years on the west coast of Vancouver Island. Readers can follow Jewitt's

After his ship is burned and his shipmates killed, John Jewitt lived for nearly three years as a captive of the Mowachaht people on the west coast of Vancouver Island. Follow his adventures as he plies his skills as a blacksmith, saves the life of his only remaining crew member,

Books about The Captive of Nootka. Or, The Adventures of John R. Jewett [sic].

"Fur-trading with the Northwest Coast Indians in the early nineteenth century could produce huge profits when the beautiful skins of the sea otter were sold in the Chinese port of Canton, but the work was risky and hazardous." "In 1803 the ship Boston dropped anchor in Nootka Sound on Vancouver