The Captured, (Paperback)

from branjohb

I used this book for research on an upcoming book I am writing. This book was just what the doctor ordered. This book covered what happened to these white captives and how they lived with the Comanche and Apache Indians. This was a fascinating book. Two thumbs up.

from mldavis2

Interesting history of white children captured by Indians before the turn of the century. A mixture of fact and legend.

from

STORY OF KIDS ABDUCTED BY INDIANS IN TEXAS. VERY INTERESTIN. IDEAS, MORALS, CUSTOMS OF INDIANS. SO VERY DIFFERENT than Judeo-Christian Europeans. Abducted kids did not want to return to their European/ western families. They had a very hard time returning to the "Whet World."

from vonze

The book, at its heart, is about the author's step relative who was abducted as a child. From family legends, the author knew that his relative, once returned to his family, had a difficult readjustment to the 'white' society he was born. He never lost the lessons and ways of his one-time native ...

from GShuk

I would highly recommend this book for those who want to get a better understanding of life on the Texas frontier near the end of the 1800. He gives an in depth historical perspective of Indians and settlers from every angle as he follows the lives of the captured children from the time of their ...