Kidnapped as a girl and raised by the Comanches, Cynthia Ann Parker is "rescued" by Texans she considers kidnappers and is determined to escape back to the Comanches

Killing Cynthia Ann

Literature & Fiction

Brashear, Charles

United States

Texas Christian University Press

The saga of Cynthia Ann Parker is well known to historians of the Texas frontier and readers of historical fiction. Kidnapped from Parker's Fort near Mexia by raiding Comanches in 1836, she was completely assimilated into the Noconi band. She married tribal leader Peta Nocona and bore him two sons, Quanah and Pecos, and a daughter, Toh-Tsee-Ah. Late in 1860, she and toddler Topsannah (as the whites called her) were recaptured by Texas Rangers and returned to "civilization" and the extended Parker clan. Cynthia Ann never adapted to white culture. She was shunted from one Parker family to another, living in constant grief and doubt—about herself and her daughter and about the fate of her Comanche family still on the prairies. Convinced she was a captive of the Texans, Cynthia Ann was determined to escape to the high plains and the Comanche way. The Parkers neither cared for nor understood Cynthia Ann's obsession with returning to her homeland and her people. Charles Brashear's thoroughly researched and vividly realistic novel, Killing Cynthia Ann, tells the story as it might have happened and turns it into a compelling and unforgettable drama. “Basing his fictional speculation on a careful reading of the historical record, Brashear chronicles the heartbreaking descent into despair of a proud woman who could not forget her warrior husband and two sons. . . [The public] will appreciate this engrossing novel, which can also supply a personal perspective to supplement history texts.”--Library Journal

TCU Press

V.5 Brashear Families-Lower Mississippi Val

Biographies & Memoirs

Regional U.S.

Books, Etc.

Fiction. Native American Studies. Charles Brashear is a storyteller extraordinaire...his eye for detail, his ear for dialogue, and his respect for the often complicated histories of Indian America are unmatched. - Joseph Bruchac. COMEUPPANCE AT KICKING HORSE CASINO AND OTHER STORIES is a powerful blending of voices from a perspective that is both timely and as old as the People of Turtle Island-- Lee Francis, University of New Mexico.

Comeuppance at Kicking Horse Casino

UCLA American Indian Studies Center

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