Comanche Bondage

by Carl Coke Rister

Book Overview

No homeseekers were ever plagued with more bad luck than those who followed the Englishman John Charles Beales to southern Texas late in 1834. On the banks of Las Moras Creek, not far from the Rio Grande, they established the colony of Dolores. Among them were the British-born Sarah Ann Horn and her husband and two small sons. For the pretty Sarah Ann, who shared her neighbors' fear of Comanche raids, the year or so in Dolores was a preview of a special...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803289340
• ISBN13: 9780803289345
• Release Date: October 1989
• Publisher: Bison Books
• Length: 211 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

The true "old west."

Before I read this book I had heard that it concerned my home town, New Franklin, MO--Where the Sante Fe Trail began, The book was very interesting because of it's theme but did not give much historical background of New Franklin which was what I was look for and my reason for reading the book.