*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.

"Investigates the so-called 'Battle of Pease River' and December 1860 capture of Cynthia Ann Parker, contending that what became, in Texans' collective memory,

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the publi