Overview
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.
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- ISBN-13: 9781365707032
- ISBN-10: 1365707032
- Publisher: Lulu.com
- Publish Date: January 2017
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.31 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.72 pounds
- Page Count: 116
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