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  • Border Wars of Texas

    "Harrowing tales of adventure on the Texas frontier." -Mississippi Valley, Historical Review, 1915"Border warfare, told in thrilling detail." -The Fruit Grower & Farmer, 1913The unrivaled deeds of prowess, acts of heroism, tales of adventure, cruel sufferings and harrowing events portrayed in DeShield's collection of first-hand accounts by early Texas pioneers of their clashes with Indians on the ... Read more

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  • Cynthia Ann Parker

    Enriched edition. The Story of Her Capture at the Massacre of the Inmates of Parker's Fort etc.

    James T. DeShields' "Cynthia Ann Parker" offers a compelling and deeply nuanced portrayal of the life of Cynthia Ann Parker, a woman intricately woven into the fabric of Texas history through her complex experience with the Comanche tribe. DeShields employs a vivid narrative style that blends historical reexamination with poetic prose, evoking the rugged landscapes and cultural conflicts of 19th ... Read more

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  • Cynthia Ann Parker: The Story of Her Capture

    "Exceedingly interesting." - A History of Texas Baptists, 1923"She grew up an Indian, forgot her own race and tongue, married a chief and became the mother of another chief, Quanah." - Pearson's Magazine, 1909"According to the Shields version Cynthia Ann starved herself to death out of longing for her Comanche husband, by whom she had sons, Pecos and Quanah Parker, the latter the last of the great ... Read more

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  • Cynthia Ann Parker

    Cynthia Ann Parker : the story of her capture at the massacre of the inmates of Parker's Fort; of her quarter of a century spent among the Comanches, as the wife of the war chief, Peta Nocona; and of her recapture at the battle of Pease River, by Captain L.S. Ross, of the Texian rangers (1886) ... Read more

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  • Cynthia Ann Parker

    Cynthia Ann Parker : the story of her capture at the massacre of the inmates of Parker's Fort; of her quarter of a century spent among the Comanches, as the wife of the war chief, Peta Nocona; and of her recapture at the battle of Pease River, by Captain L.S. Ross, of the Texian rangers (1886) ... Read more

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  • Cynthia Ann Parker

    The Story of Her Capture

    "Exceedingly interesting." - A History of Texas Baptists, 1923"She grew up an Indian, forgot her own race and tongue, married a chief and became the mother of another chief, Quanah." - Pearson's Magazine, 1909"According to the Shields version Cynthia Ann starved herself to death out of longing for her Comanche husband, by whom she had sons, Pecos and Quanah Parker, the latter the last of the great ... Read more

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  • CYNTHIA ANN Parker

    Cynthia Ann Parker : the story of her capture at the massacre of the inmates of Parker's Fort; of her quarter of a century spent among the Comanches, as the wife of the war chief, Peta Nocona; and of her recapture at the battle of Pease River, by Captain L.S. Ross, of the Texian rangers (1886) ... Read more

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    An Eastern Correspondent spends the summer on duty with Hancock's 1867 Indian Expedition, following Hancock and Custer as they attempt to make peace with the warring Indians on the plains. Good examples of real life in the Indian Wars. ... Read more

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  • Lewis and Clark

    Meriwether Lewis and William Clark

    In "Lewis and Clark," William R. Lighton offers a meticulously researched account of the legendary expedition that forever altered America's geographical and cultural landscape. Employing a narrative style that blends rigorous historical analysis with vivid storytelling, Lighton invites readers to traverse the uncharted territories explored by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. The book not only ... Read more

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  • The Spirit Lake Massacre and the Captivity of Abbie Gardner (Expanded, Annotated)

    Long considered one of the best of the captive narratives from the 19th century, Abbie Gardner's thrilling and graphic tale of her abduction by a band of Santee Sioux in 1857 will captivate you from beginning to end. Barely 14 years old, her family was butchered before her eyes and she witnessed the deaths of two other women captives before her release by Chief Inkpaduta.Gardner suffered years of ... Read more

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  • The Evolution of a State or Recollections of Old Texas Days

    Series Book 5 - Barker Texas History Center Series
    This colorful memoir brings the Texas frontier to life, from smuggling adventures to fighting in the Texas Revolution and serving as a Texas Ranger.Having left Kentucky at nineteen, Noah Smithwick arrived in Texas in 1827 to seek his fortune in a "lazy man's paradise." He left in 1861, when his opposition to secession took him to California. Looking back at that time, blind and nearing ninety, ... Read more

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  • The Buffalo Bill MEGAPACK ®

    5 Classic Books About Buffalo Bill Cody

    Few people represent the spirit of the Old West like Colonel William "Buffalo Bill" Cody! From Indian fights to buffalo hunts to his now-legendary touring Wild West Show, Buffalo Bill brought the legend of the Wild West to the world. Modern readers can enjoy the exploits of this larger-than-life hero through "The Buffalo Bill Megapack," which assembles 5 classic works on the life of Buffalo Bill: ... Read more

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