Helpful Score: 4
I found this a fascinating tale of life in the American west as told from a Native American viewpoint.
Helpful Score: 3
My husband is donating this book - it is about Cynthia Parker- a Comanche captive from Texas and mother of the grear Comanche leader Quannah Parker. Good insight into Comanche life in 1836 and life in Texas the year of the battle of the Alamo. His rating is excellent.
Helpful Score: 3
My all time favorite book! I read this every few years. Its based on the true story of a little girl kidnapped by the commanches when she was 9. This blonde little girl grows up in the Commanche tribe and marries a war chief. The detail in how the American Indian's lived is breathtaking. Its a love story, adventure, historical fiction..all wrapped up together in one book. If you are drawn to the American Indian, you can't miss this book.
Helpful Score: 3
Powerful, captivating narrative, at times, brutal. I already knew the ending from reading
the factual account of the story, but, still, I had to know how the author would choose
to unfold her story. What an incredible story!
the factual account of the story, but, still, I had to know how the author would choose
to unfold her story. What an incredible story!
Helpful Score: 1
Novelization of the life of Cynthia Ann Parker, kidnapped by Comanches in 1836 at the age of nine, who grew up to be the mother of one of their most revered chiefs. This is the second of Robson's Native American biographies I've read, and she does an outstanding job. She can write lyrically about the beauty of the land and the people, but does not shrink from the casual violence. Nor does she attempt to psychoanalyze or justify the mindset of a people who could kill one captive child as easily as crushing a flea, but adopt and treasure the next.
