But a real reader will snatch up any sheaves bound in almost any cover so the book is really “for kids from one to ninety-two.” Officially, the book is for ages ten and up. Today one can acquire a good copy of the novel through Bethlehem Books a company which reprints children’s fiction that otherwise would be lost to us. Brill’s book must at some time have gone out of print. If you are lucky the articles will mention that her younger brothers, twelve year old Louis and ten year old Alexandre, were in the fort with her.īut to really become immersed in the story, there is only one source I know of to which I can direct you: Madeleine Takes Command, by Ethel C. You will find a few paragraphs on different websites which will tell you that Madeleine directed the defense of her family’s fort for a whole week until reinforcements came from Montreal. It is hard to find a great deal of information about Madeleine de Verchéres these days. That child was fourteen year old Marie Madeleine Jarret de Verchéres.
The oldest of his remaining children was the only commander the fort had. His oldest son was killed in battle a year before.
Neither was his wife, Madame de Verchéres. However, the Sieur de Verchéres was not within the stockade when the attack occurred. This seigneury was the property of one Sieur François Jarret de Verchéres. On October 22, 1692, a military seigneury (fort) in New France (now Canada), was put under siege by a large band of Iroquois Indians.
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