Lucia St. Clair Robson
Paperback | Pages: 589 pages Rating: 4.37 | 5160 Users | 484 Reviews
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| Title | : | Ride the Wind |
| Author | : | Lucia St. Clair Robson |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 589 pages |
| Published | : | November 12th 1985 by Ballantine Books (first published 1982) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Westerns. Romance. Historical Romance |
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In 1836, when she was nine years old, Cynthia Ann Parker was kidnapped by Comanche Indians. This is the story of how she grew up with them, mastered their ways, married one of their leaders, and became, in every way, a Comanche woman. It is also the story of a proud and innocent people whose lives pulsed with the very heartbeat of the land. It is the story of a way of life that is gone forever....Itemize Books To Ride the Wind
| Original Title: | Ride the Wind |
| ISBN: | 0345325222 (ISBN13: 9780345325228) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Cynthia Parker |
| Setting: | United States of America Texas,1836(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | Spur Award for Best Historical Novel (1982) |
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Ratings: 4.37 From 5160 Users | 484 ReviewsCrit Based On Books Ride the Wind
My Mom was really into Native American books, so I read this book when I was a teenager. I wasn't all that into reading novels at the time, but I loved this book. Afterward, I tried to read Follow The River (it's another historical fiction novel) and could not get interested in it because I just kept comparing it to Ride the Wind. I was very intrigued by the Native American lifestyle and it had a wonderful love story.WOW!!
This book is beautiful, uplifting, shocking, hopeful, desolate, almost any emotion possible to feel will be aroused. St. Clair Robson takes the kidnapping of a young plainsgirl, and tells the story that will live in your heart years after reading it. The white child who grows to marry a chief. Who bears the very last free Comanche chief in America. Is she still white?She pulls no punches. She shows us the brutalities with which the Indians were treated, but on the other side of the coin, in the
Still one of my all time favorite books! Based on historical events, this is a story of Cynthia Ann Parkers abduction and assimilation into the lives of the Comanches that kidnapped her. It outlines the gradual fall of the people. Beautiful, yet haunting. The incredible sadness will stay with you for months, if not years.
This was one of my books from my high school days in the 1990's. I read it several times. I was very into historical fiction/non-fiction. It was amazing how much life St. Clair Robson breathed into a real story. A must read for any Native American History fan!!
One of my personal all-time favorites. Do not be put off by the rotten cover. This isn't a trashy sex romance. It is actually a true story - the major incidents did happen. You'll become deeply attached to the characters and be heartbroken, in more ways than one, when it ends. I have spoken.
What a great read this book turned out to be! It's the historical fiction retelling of the story of Cynthia Ann Parker, kidnapped at the age of nine by a Comanche war band who massacred her familys settlement in Texas. She was adopted by the Comanche and lived with them for 24 years, eventually marrying a Comanche chieftain and having three children with him, including the last free Comanche chief Quanah Parker. When she was 34, she was finally "rescued" by the Texas Rangers and returned to her
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