Three Years Among the Comanches Contributor(s): Lee, Nelson (Author) |
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ISBN: 1365707016 ISBN-13: 9781365707018 Publisher: Lulu.com OUR PRICE: $10.44 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2017 |
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BISAC Categories: - Reference |
Physical Information: 0.28" H x 6" W x 9" (0.40 lbs) 116 pages |
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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. |