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The Captured: A True Story of Abduction by Indians on the Texas Frontier (2004)

Tekijä: Scott Zesch

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On New Year's Day in 1870, ten-year-old Adolph Korn was kidnapped by an Apache raiding party. Traded to Comaches, he thrived in the rough, nomadic existence, quickly becoming one of the tribe's fiercest warriors. Forcibly returned to his parents after three years, Korn never adjusted to life in white society. He spent his last years in a cave, all but forgotten by his family.
That is, until Scott Zesch stumbled over his own great-great-great uncle's grave. Determined to understand how such a "good boy" could have become Indianized so completely, Zesch travels across the west, digging through archives, speaking with Comanche elders, and tracking eight other child captives from the region with hauntingly similar experiences. With a historians rigor and a novelists eye, Zesch's The Captured paints a vivid portrait of life on the Texas frontier, offering a rare account of captivity.
"A carefully written, well-researched contribution to Western history â?? and to a promising new genre: the anthropology of the stolen." - Kirkus Reviews… (lisätietoja)

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Excellent Texas historical documentary.
This book also examines the psychological impact on the captured children when they returned to 'civilized' lives. ( )
  alanac50 | Feb 27, 2024 |
only read half.
  Lisa02476 | Aug 31, 2023 |
Scott Zechs’s great-great-great-uncle, Adolph Korn, was captured by Indians in 1870. From family stories, Zesch learned that his relative had difficulties readjusting to a farming life once he returned. He decided to find out more about his Uncle Adolph’s life. Since it had been so long and only a small amount of information specific to his uncle was available, he expanded his research to similar situations. This book describes the capture, captivity, release, and ultimate outcomes for nine such individuals, ranging in age from eight to fourteen at the time of their abduction. Most were held by Apaches or Comanches. All were from the Texas hill country and most were German immigrants.

The former captives spoke highly of their Indian families, and the vast majority did not want to leave them. This occurred at the time of the last Indian Wars, just before the native people were forced onto reservations and required to change their culture. Be prepared for descriptions of brutality. Also be prepared for the racism of the time, which is obvious from the newspaper quotes.

Some former captives adjusted well to their return, and others yearned to return to the untamed nomadic life on the plains. Almost all lost their native German or English language and were fluent in their Indian dialect. I did not find it surprising that these young people would adapt to a new life relatively quickly, since these were their formative years and they had no way of knowing if they would ever see their birth families again. They were taken far away, and it would be almost impossible for them to find their way back alone through harsh territory. It is reflective of the resilience of youth.

This book is a well-researched history. It is thoroughly documented in footnotes, some of which supplement the text and are interesting reading. The author, in his Afterward, outlines his research techniques and assumptions in deciding among the different versions and accounts of what transpired. It reminds me that each generation experiences a gradual decline in those that can recall it from experience. In the 1920s and 1930s, it was a gradual fading of memories of life on the frontier. This book does an excellent job of compiling and preserving a subset of these memories. I found it extremely educational and engrossing.
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  Castlelass | Oct 30, 2022 |
Well written ( )
  micahammon | Dec 19, 2020 |
STORY OF KIDS ABDUCTED BY INDIANS IN TEXAS. VERY INTERESTIN. IDEAS, MORALS, CUSTOMS OF INDIANS. SO VERY DIFFERENT than Judeo-Christian Europeans. Abducted kids did not want to return to their European/ western families. They had a very hard time returning to the "Whet World." ( )
  evatkaplan | Apr 30, 2020 |
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On New Year's Day in 1870, ten-year-old Adolph Korn was kidnapped by an Apache raiding party. Traded to Comaches, he thrived in the rough, nomadic existence, quickly becoming one of the tribe's fiercest warriors. Forcibly returned to his parents after three years, Korn never adjusted to life in white society. He spent his last years in a cave, all but forgotten by his family.
That is, until Scott Zesch stumbled over his own great-great-great uncle's grave. Determined to understand how such a "good boy" could have become Indianized so completely, Zesch travels across the west, digging through archives, speaking with Comanche elders, and tracking eight other child captives from the region with hauntingly similar experiences. With a historians rigor and a novelists eye, Zesch's The Captured paints a vivid portrait of life on the Texas frontier, offering a rare account of captivity.
"A carefully written, well-researched contribution to Western history â?? and to a promising new genre: the anthropology of the stolen." - Kirkus Reviews

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