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Frontier Blood: The Saga of the Parker Family (Volume 90) (Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University)

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Frontier Blood: The Saga of the Parker Family (Volume 90) (Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University)
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Drawing on a wealth of contemporary accounts, including several first-person stories, Jo Ella Powell Exley follows Cynthia Ann-Parkerâ€”a descendant of Elder John Parkerâ€”last of the great Comanche war chiefsâ€” through her life in the Indian camp and eventually her recapture by her birth family. She also tells the dramatic story of Quanah Parker through childhood, battle, surrender, and reservation life.
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This narrative sets straight a story that has sometimes been distorted, offering new insight of Cynthia Ann Parkerâ€™s last years, providing a complex picture of the â€œwhiteâ€ years of a woman who had matured among the Comanches since the age of nine.
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Among the documents from which Exley draws are a short autobiography of Daniel Parker, Rachel Parker Plummerâ€™s two narratives of her Indian captivity, James Parkerâ€™s account of his search for Rachel and the other captives and several autobiographical accounts Quanah dictated to his friends.
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First published in 2001, Frontier Blood received the Summerfield G. Roberts award and the Rupert Richardson award.
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Country	USA
Brand	Texas A&M University Press
Manufacturer	Texas A&M University Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	12 b&w photos, 3 genealogy charts, bib.,
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9781603441094
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

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