| Description |
xx, 362 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm |
| Summary |
"On New Year's Day in 1870, ten-year-old Adolph Korn was kidnapped by an Apache raiding party. Traded to Comaches, he thrived in the rough, nomadic existence, quickly becoming one of the tribe's fiercest warriors. Forcibly returned to his parents after three years, Korn never adjusted to life in white society. He spent his last years in a cave, all but forgotten by his family. That is, until Scott Zesch stumbled over his own great-great-great uncle's grave. Determined to understand how such a "good boy" could have become Indianized so completely, Zesch travels across the west, digging through archives, speaking with Comanche elders, and tracking eight other child captives from the region with hauntingly similar experiences"--From publisher description. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-344) and index. |
| Subject |
Korn, Adolph, 1859-1900.
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Indian captivities -- Texas.
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Apache Indians -- Social life and customs.
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Comanche Indians -- Social life and customs.
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White people -- Texas -- Relations with Indians.
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White people -- Cultural assimilation -- Texas.
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| Genre |
Nonfiction.
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| ISBN |
9780312317898 (pbk.) |
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0312317891 (pbk.) |
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