John R. Jewitt's story of being captured and enslaved by Maquinna, the great chief of the Mowachaht people, is both an adventure tale of survival and an unusual perspective on the First Nations of the northwest coast of Vancouver Island...
Indigenous captivities
- Author:Jewitt, JohnSummary:
- Author:Kelton, ElmerSummary:
The Way of the Coyote completes Kelton's saga of the Texas Rangers. Filled with the drama of frontier conflicts, this gripping book focuses on the adventures of Ranger Rusty Shannon after the Civil War.
- Author:Harrington, M. R.Summary:
Here is a story of the Lenape Indians who lived in what is now New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania. It describes their culture, crafts, and language as no other book has done. Hunters, fishers, artisans of flint and skins and basketry,...
- Author:Peterson, TracieSummary:
From her favorite hilltop perch, the unadorned beauty of Montana fills Dianne Chadwick with serenity and purpose. But fear gnaws at that peace, for her fiancé, Cole Selby, has yet to return from his journey east. When accidents and...
- Author:Zesch, ScottSummary:
Based on the life experiences of his great-great-great-uncle who was kidnapped by Indians as a ten-year-old, Zesch paints a vivid portrait of life on the Texas frontier and offers one of the few nonfiction accounts of captivity.
- Author:Boggs, Johnny D.Summary:
On the western frontier in 1872, twelve-year-old Coady McIlvain is captured by Indians. He escapes and falls in with a Buffalo sharpshooter, and the two face real adventure surviving the unforgiving terrain.
- Author:Demos, JohnSummary:
National Book Award finalist John Demos brings to life the compelling story of Eunice Williams, a Puritan girl who was captured and adopted by Native Americans In this riveting historical fiction narrative, National Book Award Finalist...
- Author:Kelly, FannySummary:
Excerpt: I was a member of a small company of emigrants, who were attacked by an overwhelming force of hostile Sioux, which resulted in the death of a large proportion of the party, in my own capture, and a horrible captivity of five...
- Author:Kelton, ElmerSummary:
The Barfield brothers are separated by a Comanche raid. Years later, they are destined to be reunited and discover how their separate lives have changed them.
- Author:Austin, LoriSummary:
Mais pas n’importe quel homme. Elle veut celui connu sous le nom de Fantôme blanc-aux-cheveux-de-feu. Il pourrait être son seul espoir de libérer sa fille, Lily, enlevée par les Cheyennes. La légende raconte qu’il a été autrefois...
- Author:L'AMOUR, LouisSummary:
San Juan was Dunn country and the Dunns had never met with resistance until Flagan and Galloway Sackett decided it was the place for them.
- Author:Marsh, James B.Summary:
This account of one mountain man's life at the height of the nineteenth-century fur industry follows Rose as he overcomes adversity, learns from those around him, and becomes one of the most successful trappers of the Rockies.
- Author:Anderson, CatherineSummary:
Loretta Simpson lost her parents to a daring Comanche raid seven years ago--and now she lives as a mute with her extended family. Meanwhile, Comanche Hunter of the Wolf sees her as the embodiment of an ancient prophesy and chooses her...
- Author:Baxter, Jean RaeSummary:
Broken Trail is the story a thirteen-year-old white boy, the son of United Empire Loyalists, who has been captured and adopted by the Oneida people. Striving to find his vision oki that will guide him in his quest to become a warrior,...
- Author:Blevins, WinfredSummary:
Disenchanted by his return home to Pennsylvania, 19-year-old Sam Morgan once again sets off for adventure in the American Plains of the 1820s. This time out, however, he is searching for his lost love--the Indian maiden Meadowlark.
- Author:Kelton, ElmerSummary:
Returning to his farm, Texas Ranger Rusty Shannon hopes to marry, but discovers home is not what it used to be. His former sweetheart is already hitched, and disgruntled soldiers from both sides are spreading across the land. The real...
- Author:Capps, BenjaminSummary:
When her parents are killed in a raid, 11-year-old Helen Morrison and her younger sister Katy are kidnapped by a band of Comanches. Given the name Tehanita, Helen vows to maintain her white identity and clings tightly to her only...