Myth, memory and massacre : the Pease River capture of Cynthia Ann Parker /

Myth, memory and massacre : the Pease River capture of Cynthia Ann Parker /

Investigates the so-called 'Battle of Pease River' and December 1860 capture of Cynthia Ann Parker, contending that what became, in Texans' collective memory, a battle that broke Comanche military power was actually a massacre, mainly of women. Questions traditional knowledge and hist...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Carlson, Paul Howard
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lubbock : Texas Tech University Press, [2010]
Series:Grover E. Murray studies in the American Southwest.
Subjects:
Parker, Cynthia Ann, > 1827?-1864.
Texas Rangers > History > 19th century.
Pease River, Battle of, Tex., 1860.
Comanche Indians > Texas > History > 19th century.
Massacres > Texas > History > 19th century.
Indian captivities > Texas.

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