| Three Years Among the Comanches Contributor(s): Lee, Nelson (Author) |
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ISBN: 1365707032 ISBN-13: 9781365707032 Publisher: Lulu.com OUR PRICE: $27.54 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Southwest (az, Nm, Ok, Tx) - Biography & Autobiography |
| Physical Information: 0.31" H x 6" W x 9" (0.72 lbs) 116 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: First published in 1859, Nelson Lee's Three Years Among the Comanches is perhaps the most widely known story of all Indian captivity narratives. Lee was a Texan Ranger captured by marauding Indians in the 1850s and forced to live with them as a slave for three years before making his escape. His account includes detailed descriptions of life in a nomadic Comanche village, his marriage to a young squaw, buffalo hunts, Comanche versus Apache conflicts, Comanche mythology and gut-wrenching descriptions of the terrible fates of his fellow-captives who were tortured before him, his life being spared only because of a silver alarm clock he possessed, the loud workings of which mystified his superstitious captors. |