Ride the wind: the story of Cynthia Ann Parker and the last days of the Comanche
โ Scribed by Lucia St Clair Robson
- Book ID
- 100224553
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group;Ballantine Books
- Year
- 1982 (1993
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 499 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0307801284
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โฆ Synopsis
In 1836, when she was nine years old, Cynthia Ann Parker was kidnapped by Comanche Indians. This is the story of how she grew up with them, mastered their ways, married one of their leaders, and became, in every way, a Comanche woman. It is also the story of a proud and innocent people whose lives pulsed with the very heartbeat of the land. It is the story of a way of life that is gone forever....
From the Paperback edition.
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