Ann M. Little

Ann M. Little, The Many Captivities of Esther Wheelwright, Yale Univ. Press, 2018

In a large pool of excellent submissions, Ann Little’s The Many Captivities of Esther Wheelwright stood out for its narrative grace and methodological innovation. Little makes a signal contribution to the history of early America by tracing border crossings involving indigenous nations and what would become Canada and the United States from heretofore unexplored perspectives of communities of women.