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The Captured: A True Story of Abduction by Indians on the Texas Frontier
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The Captured: A True Story of Abduction by Indians on the Texas Frontier Paperback - 2005

by Zesch, Scott

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The author's great-great-great uncle was 10 when he was kidnapped by Plains Indians, living for three years their rough, nomadic existence and becoming a fierce warrior. Never readjusting to white society, he spent his last years in a cave. Zesch pens a riveting history of Indian abduction and those who survived it.

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  • Title The Captured: A True Story of Abduction by Indians on the Texas Frontier
  • Author Zesch, Scott
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Condition New
  • Pages 384
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher St. Martin's Griffin, Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.
  • Date 2005-12-27
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 52YZZZ00DO90_ns
  • ISBN 9780312317898 / 0312317891
  • Weight 0.84 lbs (0.38 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.36 x 5.52 x 1.06 in (21.23 x 14.02 x 2.69 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Chronological Period: 1851-1899
    • Ethnic Orientation: Native American
    • Geographic Orientation: Texas
  • Library of Congress subjects Korn, Adolph, Indian captivities - Texas
  • Dewey Decimal Code 976.400

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They had no reason to feel afraid when they first saw the three figures on horseback, riding steadily across a distant ridge.

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About the author

Scott Zesch grew up in Mason County, Texas and graduated from Texas A&M University and Harvard Law School. He is the author of the novel Alamo Heights, and he is the winner of the Western History Association's Ray Allen Billington Award. He divides his time between New York City and a ranch in Art, Texas (population 3).