Hobomok (Annotated)

Published in 1824, Hobomok is a daring early American historical romance set in seventeenth-century Puritan New England. Blending sentimental fiction with antiquarian historical detail, the novel follows Mary Conant as religious severity, paternal authority, and emotional bereavement lead her toward an unconventional marriage with the Indigenous figure Hobomok. Child's prose participates in the na...