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Captivity narratives have been a standard genre of writings about Native Americans of the East for several centuries. Until now, the West has been almost entirely neglected. Now Gregory and Susan Michno have rectified that with this painstakenly researched collection of vivid and often brutal accounts of what happened to those men and women and children that were captured by marauding Indians during the settlement of the West.
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About the Author
Gregory Michno attended Michigan State University and did post-graduate work at the University of Northern Colorado. An award-winning author, he has written dozens of articles and a number of books dealing with WWII and the American West. Susan Michno is also a graduate of Michigan State and has published numerous articles. This is their first project together.
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"These compelling stories of human suffering and survival have both an individual and a cumulative impact. By going where many historians have not been willing to go, to the actual records, the Michnos have given incontrovertible evidence that Indian captivity in the West, especially for women, was indeed a grim fate. Rape and slavery are never justified, and its victims deserve the respectful attention and sympathy that A Fate Worse Than Death gives them."
"Captivity narratives have been a standard genre of writings about Indians of the East for several centuries. Until now, the West has been almost entirely neglected except in occasional anecdotal form. Now comes Greg Michno with a pathbreaking study that moves the genre firmly west of the Mississippi. Although concentrating on Texas, he has embraced the entire region and researched dozens of stories with his typical skill. He has filled a large gap in the history of the American West."
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- PublisherCaxton Press
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0870044737
- ISBN 13 9780870044731
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages527
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A Fate Worse Than Death: Indian Captivities in the West, 1830-1885
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