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The CapturedScott Zesch

The Captured

2004373 pages
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"On New Year's Day in 1870, ten-year-old Adolph Korn's life as the son of a poor German-speaking farmer ended, and his life as a Comanche began." "On that day, an Indian raiding party kidnapped the boy from his neighbor's pasture in the Texas Hill Country. With little hope of finding him alive and no resources - material or political - his loved ones eventually gave him up for dead." "However, Adolph survived his capture, and soon thrived in the rough, nomadic life of the Plains Indians. Within a year, he had become one of the Comanche's fiercest warriors." "For nearly three years, Adolph…

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Editions

7 editions
  • Paperback · English · 2005
    St. Martin's Griffin · 384 pages · 9780312317898
  • Audiobook · English · 2004
    Blackstone Audiobooks · 9780786128358
  • Audiobook · English · 2004
    Blackstone Audiobooks · 9780786182879
  • Audiobook · English · 2004
    Blackstone Audiobooks · 9780786183401
  • Other · English · 2007
    Captured
    St. Martin's Press · 9781429910118
  • Other · English · 2004
    Blackstone Audiobooks · 9780786183722
Social life and customsComanche IndiansWhitesCultural assimilationApache IndiansRelations with IndiansIndian captivitiesHistory