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Who is Mary Rowlandson from The Name of War: King Philip's War and the Origins of American Identity and what is their importance?
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The wife of a prominent Puritan leader, Mary Rowlandson was captured by Indians for three months and later wrote a book about her experiences which became one of the great bestsellers in New England.