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Book Synopsis 21 Months a Captive: Rachel Plummer and the Fort Parker Massacre (Annotated) by : James W. Parker
Download or read book 21 Months a Captive: Rachel Plummer and the Fort Parker Massacre (Annotated) written by James W. Parker and published by . This book was released on 2016-11 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On May 19, 1836, Fort Parker in Texas was overwhelmed by a band of Comanche Indians. Some residents were brutally murdered, others taken prisoner.Among those captured was eleven year old Cynthia Parker, who would remain with the Comanche for 24 years and give birth to famed Chief Quanah.Another captive was 17-year-old Rachel Plummer, mother of one, pregnant with her second child. She would soon have her first-born ripped from her arms, never to be seen again, and later watched as her second-born was killed before her eyes.After twenty-one months of captivity that destroyed her health, she was purchased and returned to her family. In this extraordinary account, her father tells of that horrible day when the fort was attacked, and his desperate efforts to find and retrieve the captives. Rachel details her terrible enslavement and how she eventually fought back.
Book Synopsis Twenty-One Months a Captive by : Rachel Plummer
Download or read book Twenty-One Months a Captive written by Rachel Plummer and published by BIG BYTE BOOKS. This book was released on 101-01-01 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On May 19, 1836, Fort Parker in Texas was overwhelmed by a band of Comanche Indians. Some residents were brutally murdered, others taken prisoner. Among those captured was eleven year old Cynthia Parker, who would remain with the Comanche for 24 years and give birth to famed Chief Quanah. Another captive was 17-year-old Rachel Plummer, mother of one, pregnant with her second child. She would soon have her first-born ripped from her arms, never to be seen again, and later watched as her second-born was killed before her eyes. After twenty-one months of captivity that destroyed her health, she was purchased and returned to her family. In this extraordinary account, her father tells of that horrible day when the fort was attacked, and his desperate efforts to find and retrieve the captives. Rachel details her terrible enslavement and how she eventually fought back.
Book Synopsis The Rachel Plummer Narrative by : James W. Parker
Download or read book The Rachel Plummer Narrative written by James W. Parker and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Empire of the Summer Moon by : S. C. Gwynne
Download or read book Empire of the Summer Moon written by S. C. Gwynne and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-05-25 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award* *A New York Times Notable Book* *Winner of the Texas Book Award and the Oklahoma Book Award* This New York Times bestseller and stunning historical account of the forty-year battle between Comanche Indians and white settlers for control of the American West “is nothing short of a revelation…will leave dust and blood on your jeans” (The New York Times Book Review). Empire of the Summer Moon spans two astonishing stories. The first traces the rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful Indian tribe in American history. The second entails one of the most remarkable narratives ever to come out of the Old West: the epic saga of the pioneer woman Cynthia Ann Parker and her mixed-blood son Quanah, who became the last and greatest chief of the Comanches. Although readers may be more familiar with the tribal names Apache and Sioux, it was in fact the legendary fighting ability of the Comanches that determined when the American West opened up. Comanche boys became adept bareback riders by age six; full Comanche braves were considered the best horsemen who ever rode. They were so masterful at war and so skillful with their arrows and lances that they stopped the northern drive of colonial Spain from Mexico and halted the French expansion westward from Louisiana. White settlers arriving in Texas from the eastern United States were surprised to find the frontier being rolled backward by Comanches incensed by the invasion of their tribal lands. The war with the Comanches lasted four decades, in effect holding up the development of the new American nation. Gwynne’s exhilarating account delivers a sweeping narrative that encompasses Spanish colonialism, the Civil War, the destruction of the buffalo herds, and the arrival of the railroads, and the amazing story of Cynthia Ann Parker and her son Quanah—a historical feast for anyone interested in how the United States came into being. Hailed by critics, S. C. Gwynne’s account of these events is meticulously researched, intellectually provocative, and, above all, thrillingly told. Empire of the Summer Moon announces him as a major new writer of American history.
Book Synopsis Indian Depredations in Texas by : John Wesley Wilbarger
Download or read book Indian Depredations in Texas written by John Wesley Wilbarger and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 691 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reliable accounts of battles, wars, adventures, forays, murders, and massacres together with biographical sketches of many of the most noted Indian fighters and frontiersmen of Texas.
Book Synopsis Sunshine on the Prairie by : Jack C. Ramsay
Download or read book Sunshine on the Prairie written by Jack C. Ramsay and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biography of Cynthia Ann Parker captured by the Comanche Indians and mother of one of their last great war chiefs, Quanah.
Book Synopsis Nine Years Among the Indians, 1870-1879 by : Herman Lehmann
Download or read book Nine Years Among the Indians, 1870-1879 written by Herman Lehmann and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 1927 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis John Wilkes Booth By a Man Who Helped Him Escape (Annotated) by : Thomas Jones
Download or read book John Wilkes Booth By a Man Who Helped Him Escape (Annotated) written by Thomas Jones and published by BIG BYTE BOOKS. This book was released on with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the time of the Lincoln assassination, Thomas A. Jones was 45 years old and had spent the years of the American Civil War working “with zeal” in the Confederate cause in Southern Maryland. He primarily acted as an aid to Confederate spies moving through Charles County and helping the substantial intelligence network by moving mail. By the time that Jones wrote this account of having helped John Wilkes Booth in his escape, his assessment of Abraham Lincoln had gone through a transformation. As he tells us, the light of reason had been blinded and he now saw Lincoln as a good and great man. This is but one small piece of the drama that changed history. But Jones was there and was part of it. It’s an important account that fills in the days between Booth’s deed, and his capture and death. For less than you'd spend on gas going to the library, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.
Book Synopsis History of the Spirit Lake Massacre and Captivity of Miss Abbie Gardner by : Abbie Gardner-Sharp
Download or read book History of the Spirit Lake Massacre and Captivity of Miss Abbie Gardner written by Abbie Gardner-Sharp and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Captives of Abb's Valley by : James Moore
Download or read book The Captives of Abb's Valley written by James Moore and published by . This book was released on 2012-12 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tragedy of Virginian colonial frontier In the summer of 1786 a large war party of Shawnee Indians entered Abb's Valley, Virginia, and descended on the household of militia officer Captain John Moore which included members of his immediate family together with hired labourers. The family occupied a substantial log building and were well armed, so Moore believed that his family was well placed to fight off a small Indian attack. The nearest homestead was six miles away and Moore, relying on his own abilities, thought it unnecessary to follow the example of neighbours by taking refuge in the nearest fort. The attack achieved complete surprise and Moore was killed before he could reach the safety of the house. What followed was an appalling, but typical, Indian massacre of the colonial period frontier in the 18th century. Various family members, young and old, were slaughtered on the spot, the property was set alight and a substantial herd of livestock was taken. Surviving members of the Moore family were taken as captives to the Indian townships, several of them being murdered on the journey. Once the survivors reached the Indian village there followed another period of torture which for Mrs. Moore and a teenage daughter proved fatal. Two young women survived their ordeals to eventually be ransomed. The story of this notable frontier tragedy was written by James Moore, a son of Mary Moore, who was one of the two ransomed captives. This a vital account of the struggles endured by the early settlers of the American wilderness and will be of essential interest to anyone interested in the early history of the state of Virginia. Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their spines and fabric head and tail bands.
Download or read book The Captured written by Scott Zesch and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On New Year's Day in 1870, ten-year-old Adolph Korn was kidnapped by an Apache raiding party. Traded to Comaches, he thrived in the rough, nomadic existence, quickly becoming one of the tribe's fiercest warriors. Forcibly returned to his parents after three years, Korn never adjusted to life in white society. He spent his last years in a cave, all but forgotten by his family. That is, until Scott Zesch stumbled over his own great-great-great uncle's grave. Determined to understand how such a "good boy" could have become Indianized so completely, Zesch travels across the west, digging through archives, speaking with Comanche elders, and tracking eight other child captives from the region with hauntingly similar experiences. With a historians rigor and a novelists eye, Zesch's The Captured paints a vivid portrait of life on the Texas frontier, offering a rare account of captivity. "A carefully written, well-researched contribution to Western history -- and to a promising new genre: the anthropology of the stolen." - Kirkus Reviews
Book Synopsis Cynthia Ann Parker by : James T. DeShields
Download or read book Cynthia Ann Parker written by James T. DeShields and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 1886 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author James T. DeShields' 1886 account of nine-year-old Cynthia Ann's abduction by the Comanches in the bloody raid on Fort Parker in 1836 is a compelling read and the record of a dark past in the Lone Star State's history. DeShield recounts Parker's life as a Comanche, her recapture a quarter-century later by Texas Rangers, and her last sad years forcefully separated from those who had become her people. Her story is profoundly enveloped in more pathos than perhaps any other of the soul-stirring episodes in America's pioneering past.
Book Synopsis History of Jefferson County, Illinois by : William Henry Perrin
Download or read book History of Jefferson County, Illinois written by William Henry Perrin and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Reminiscences and Memoirs of North Carolina and Eminent North Carolinians by : John Hill Wheeler
Download or read book Reminiscences and Memoirs of North Carolina and Eminent North Carolinians written by John Hill Wheeler and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Women's Indian Captivity Narratives by : Various
Download or read book Women's Indian Captivity Narratives written by Various and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1998-11-01 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enthralling generations of readers, the narrative of capture by Native Americans is arguably the first American literary form dominated by the experiences of women. The ten selections in this anthology span the early history of this country (1682-1892) and range in literary style from fact-based narrations to largely fictional, spellbinding adventure stories. The women are variously victimized, triumphant, or, in the case of Mary Jemison, permantently transculturated. This collection includes well known pieces such as Mary Rowlandson's "A True History" (1682), Cotton Mather's version of Hannah Dunstan's infamous captivity and escape (after scalping her captors!), and the "Panther Captivity", as well as lesser known texts. As Derounian-Stodola demonstrates in the introduction, the stories also raise questions about the motives of their (often male) narrators and promoters, who in many cases embellish melodrama to heighten anti-British and anti-Indian propaganda, shape the tales for ecclesiastical purposes, or romanticize them to exploit the growing popularity of sentimental fiction in order to boost sales. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Book Synopsis Narrative of My Captivity Among the Sioux Indians by : Fanny Kelly
Download or read book Narrative of My Captivity Among the Sioux Indians written by Fanny Kelly and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Captivity & Sentiment by : Michelle Burnham
Download or read book Captivity & Sentiment written by Michelle Burnham and published by Dartmouth College Press. This book was released on 2000-10-03 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a radically new interpretation and synthesis of highly popular 18th- and 19th-century genres, Michelle Burnham examines the literature of captivity, and, using Homi Bhabha's concept of interstitiality as a base, provides a valuable redescription of the ambivalent origins of the US national narrative. Stories of colonial captives, sentimental heroines, or fugitive slaves embody a "binary division between captive and captor that is based on cultural, national, or racial difference," but they also transcend these pre-existing antagonistic dichotomies by creating a new social space, and herein lies their emotional power. Beginning from a simple question on why captivity, particularly that of women, so often inspires a sentimental response, Burnham examines how these narratives elicit both sympathy and pleasure. The texts carry such great emotional impact precisely because they "traverse those very cultural, national, and racial boundaries that they seem so indelibly to inscribe. Captivity literature, like its heroines, constantly negotiates zones of contact," and crossing those borders reveals new cultural paradigms to the captive and, ultimately, the reader.
