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BOY CAPT BEING TRUE (The Garland library of narratives of North American Indian captivities)

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By pure luck, I ran across this excellent first hand account of the Smith brothers captivity by Comanches in Texas. Written before a revisionist philosophy dominated history writing, their accounts of Indian raids and murders in Texas in the 1870s are the opposite of what is usually written or shown on screen today. My sympathies are with the Texas pioneers who suffered so much. Outstanding reading from such a little book.

Amazing story of a boy who was captured and lived with the Comanche Indians for five years. He actually became a Comanche and identified as an Indian while he was with them. Fought with them against other tribes and the US army, etc. Told in an absolutely matter of fact manner. Written in 1927 so not "politically correct" but gives an amazing view of frontier life and life with the Indians. It is in print.

The Boy Captives :
The Smith boys story is very good.
true and accurate written book of their life being captives of the Indians.

This book is worth reading.

on page 235, there is a well known picture of the smith boys and man dressed with a Indian headdress on. This man with the Indian headdress 3rd person from the right is Herman Lehmann, not Frank Buckalew. after reading a few other books and research, and a phone call. I was told this was a miss print.

A friend of mine loaned me this book. He liked it, saying it would be great to read with the kids. He was absolutely right. The writing isn't Hemingway; the author wasn't a writer, but as a child was actually kidnapped by the Comanches, along with his younger brother. It is an authentic narrative written as if the story is being verbally told to the reader, and a fascinating look at Texas during the late 1800's as told by an eyewitness.

If you love history or tales of the west/Indians/frontier, you'll enjoy this book.

I am very excited about this book and the history,This story is about my family ,, Frances Short Smith is my Great- Great Aunt ,, I recall the stories from my Grandfather ,, and looking at the origanal book was so exciting ,, this is a must for history buffs ,,,,

My grandfather gave this book to each of us it is the story of my great great grandmother Amanda(daughter of H.M. and Fannie Short Smith)Lane's brothers. From the stories I have heard through the years it is written exactly as they told it, and for not having any education I was pleasantly surprised with the grammer they had.

I believe this book has recently underwent another printing. New printings of this book can be found sparsley in various shops within a hundred mile radius of Junction, Texas.

This book is a rare treasure. Excellent story of two young brothers abducted by Indians and sold as slaves to various Indian chiefs. One was actually sold to Geronimo.

Eventually, the brothers were recaptured by American soldiers and returned to their families.

Great tales of survival!