In 2001, the Taliban government in Afghanistan kidnapped two American Christian women missionaries. Throughout their ordeal, the women never lost hope or faith that God would sustain them. From the 17th through the 19th centuries, many Christian women had similar experiences, living on the frontiers of a new world. This modern edition of classic captivity narratives includes Mary Rowlandson’s The Sovereignty and Goodness of God, and the accounts of Hannah Dustan, Elizabeth Hanson, and Sarah Wakefield.

Mary Rowlandson -- Hannah Dustin -- Elizabeth Hanson -- Sarah Wakefield.