Lynda C. (Readnmachine) reviewed on 4/4/2013 + 1474 more book reviews

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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.

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