Captives! The Narratives of Seven Women Taken Prisoner by the Plains Indians of the American West

by Cynthia Ann Parker, Mary Schwandt, Caroline Harris

Book Overview

Taken by the Indians of the West

As the inexorable passage of pioneer immigrants pushed westward into the vastness of the American wilderness it was inevitable that the new settlers would collide with the indigenous peoples in their path and that this clash of cultures over that most precious of commodities, the land upon which to live freely, would come to bloodshed. This was hostility that saw little mercy for the combatants, but for women...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0857062050
• ISBN13: 9780857062055
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Leonaur Ltd
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"