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Title: Cynthia Ann Parker: The Life and the Legend by Margaret Schmidt Hacker ISBN: 0-87404-187-2 Publisher: Texas Western Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 1990 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Straight-forward, focused, no frills or detours
Comment: This is a compact history ... but it does just what you want - gives what history is known of Cynthia Ann Parker. This is an excellent resource if you are wanting to know about Cynthia Ann Parker from the settler's perspective - the people she left behind, the family she had come from, and the search for her that continued throughout her 'captivity'. The author seems to steer clear of any area of conjecture, such as why Cynthia Ann got shuttled between family members after her return or what may have happened to her pension, and sticks only to documentable history. She also avoided sidetracking into the history of Cynthia Ann's famous son or the other people in her life except for as far as they pertain to Cynthia Ann's life. Focus is very tight, very informative.
Rating: 5
Summary: The West's Most Famous Indian Captive
Comment: On May 19th, 1836 nine-year-old Cynthia Ann Parker, a member of a group of religious families occupying Fort Parker in Texas, witnessed the massacre of friends and relatives by combined bands of Caddos, Kiowas and Comanche warriors. Abducted by the Comanches, Cynthia was raised for the next 25 years as a tribal member and became "fully" Comanche, giving birth to Quanah Parker, the last Comanche Chief and one of the most influential intermediaries of his time, a representative of both the Native American and White cultures. Abducted a second time as an adult by a well-meaning Texas Ranger, Cynthia Ann was forced to return to White society, but mourned deeply for her Comanche family, ultimately starving herself to death out of grief.
Much lore and legend has grown around the story of Cynthia Ann Parker over the years, and it has often been difficult to separate the myth from the reality of her dramatic story. However, Margaret Schmidt Hacker has done just that. Over a period of five years, Ms. Hacker painstakingly researched the archives in Texas, Oklahoma, California and Washington, D.C. and objectively weighed all the accounts of Cynthia Ann's life. The result of her efforts is what is considered the most authoritative book on the subject. Although scholarly, it is at the same time, a gripping drama of the Texas prairies, and very readable by anyone with an interest in the Old West. Highly recommended reading.
Rating: 5
Summary: Examining the Myth
Comment: Countless folk tales and sagas have focused on the story of Miss Parker, a captive of the Comanches for more than 15 years. Many of them deal only with her years as the mother of the famous Quanah Parker. Author Margaret Schmidt Hacker devoted five years to researching the life of the Cynthia Ann to reveal the history behind the myth. This is the tragic story of the abduction of a nine year old girl who returned reluctantly to white society when she was 24. A fascinating portrait of her life among the Comanches on the Texas frontier.
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Title: The Last Comanche Chief : The Life and Times of Quanah Parker by Bill Neeley ISBN: 0471160768 Publisher: Wiley Pub. Date: 16 August, 1996 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Ride the Wind by Lucia St. Clair Robson ISBN: 0345325222 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 1992 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Where the Broken Heart Still Beats: The Story of Cynthia Ann Parker by Carolyn Meyer ISBN: 0152956026 Publisher: Harcourt Pub. Date: 15 October, 1992 List Price(USD): $7.00 |
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Title: Killing Cynthia Ann: A Novel by Charles Brashear ISBN: 0875652093 Publisher: Texas Christian University Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $21.50 |
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Title: Captured by the Indians: 15 Firsthand Accounts, 1750-1870 by Frederick Drimmer ISBN: 0486249018 Publisher: Dover Publications Pub. Date: 01 September, 1985 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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