Ride the Wind: A Novel
Aug 2011 · Sold by Ballantine Books
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The story of Cynthia Ann Parker and the last days of the Comanche
In 1836, when she was nine years old, Cynthia Ann Parker was kidnapped by Comanche Indians from her family's settlement.
She grew up with them, mastered their ways, and married one of their leaders. Except for her brilliant blue eyes and golden mane, Cynthia Ann Parker was in every way a Comanche woman. They called her Naduah—Keeps Warm With Us. She rode a horse named Wind.
This is her story, the story of a proud and innocent people whose lives pulsed with the very heartbeat of the land. It is the story of a way of life that is gone forever.
It will thrill you, absorb you, touch your soul, and make you cry as you celebrate the beauty and mourn the end of the great Comanche nation.
In 1836, when she was nine years old, Cynthia Ann Parker was kidnapped by Comanche Indians from her family's settlement.
She grew up with them, mastered their ways, and married one of their leaders. Except for her brilliant blue eyes and golden mane, Cynthia Ann Parker was in every way a Comanche woman. They called her Naduah—Keeps Warm With Us. She rode a horse named Wind.
This is her story, the story of a proud and innocent people whose lives pulsed with the very heartbeat of the land. It is the story of a way of life that is gone forever.
It will thrill you, absorb you, touch your soul, and make you cry as you celebrate the beauty and mourn the end of the great Comanche nation.
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Luann Cathey
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April 4, 2014
One of the best books I have EVER read! (And I have read thousands of them over the years) It tells the story of the great westward expansion from the Comanche's point of view. It also tells about a way of life in a rough wild and beautiful, untouched, unpolluted country. A simpler but more savage time on the Plains of North America and the vicious way that an entire race of people was robbed of their way of life and their home.
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Deborah Henderson
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January 15, 2017
This is one of the best books I have ever read. It made me feel like I was there and shared in the experiences of the captives. It does have historical value. I would and have recommended it as a great read......
Anderia Lapage
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April 24, 2019
The moving story of Cynthia Ann Parker has the power to haunt you. I have read and re read this book and have enjoyed it more each time. The book takes all the twists and turns to thoroughly make you feel as if you were truly there. Outstanding and unforgettable.
About the author
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, and raised in West Palm Beach, Florida, Lucia St. Clair Robson has been a Peace Corps volunteer in Venezuela and a teacher in Brooklyn. She lived in Japan for a year and later earned her master’s degree before starting work as a public librarian in Annapolis, Maryland. She lives there now in a rustic 1920s summer community. Lucia Robson’s library experience of presenting programs to a variety of audiences trained her in the craft of storytelling. She brings to the task of research a reference librarian’s dogged persistence and an insider’s awareness of how to find obscure sources of information.
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