Description: Cynthia Ann Parker by Grace Jackson. The Naylor Company, San Antonio, 1959. Illustrated 138 page first edition hardcover with lightly chipped jacket/inscription inside front - no interior markings or glaring flaws. a fascinating account of the life of a girl of European descent, who at the age of about ten, was captured (along with her brother) in Texas by raiding Comanche. Cynthia would then grow up with her captors and live among the Comanche for the next 24 years. Parker was recaptured during the Battle of Pease River in 1860 and would spend the remaining 11 years with various members of her birth family. During her time with the Comanche, she married Peta Nocona, a chieftain, and had three children with him, including Quanah Parker, the last free Comanche chief. Cynthia Ann Parker never adjusted to the ways of the white man, and made at least one attempt to escape and return to her tribe. $5.85 domestic U.S. shipping. Payment must be received within 24 hours of sale.
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Location: Las Cruces, New Mexico
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Book Title: Cynthia Ann Parker
Signed: No
Book Series: Cynthia Ann Parker
Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Original Language: English
Publisher: The Naylor Company
Intended Audience: Adults
Inscribed: No
Edition: First Edition
Vintage: Yes
Personalize: No
Publication Year: 1959
Type: Book
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Era: 1950s
Personalized: No
Author: Grace Jackson
Features: Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Genre: Antiquarian & Collectible, Biographies & True Stories, History
Topic: American History, Native Americans, American West, Texas
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Number of Pages: 138 Pages
