*Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award* *A New York Times Notable Book* *Winner of the Texas Book Award and the Oklahoma Bo

A biography of the pioneer woman who as a child was captured and raised by the Comanche Indians.

After being captured by Comanches, Parker spent 15 years with them, and then was recaptured by the Texas Rangers.

Biography of Cynthia Ann Parker captured by the Comanche Indians and mother of one of their last great war chiefs, Quanah.

Author James T. DeShields' 1886 account of nine-year-old Cynthia Ann's abduction by the Comanches in the bloody raid on Fort Parker in 1836 is a compelling read