Project Gutenberg 2008-11-05 Public domain in the USA. 105 Eastman, Edwin Johnson, Clark, M.D. 34018212 Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches: An Autobiography Reading ease score: 59.8 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Produced by Bryan Ness, Barbara Kosker and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from scans of public domain works at the University of Michigan's Making of America collection.) "Seven and Nine Years Among the Camanches and Apaches: An Autobiography" by Eastman is an autobiographical narrative written in the late 19th century. The book recounts the author’s harrowing experiences of captivity during his time with the Camanches and Apaches, detailing both personal trials and cultural observations. The narrative begins with Eastman’s transition from a farmer in Missouri to a victim of abduction by Native Americans, setting the stage for a vivid exploration of frontier life and conflict. At the start of the book, the author introduces the motivations for writing, emphasizing the often-ignored stories of those captured by Native Americans. He details his family’s move westward and the subsequent journey that leads to their ambush and his capture alongside his wife and brother. The tension escalates as the author recounts the harrowing attack by the Indians, the tragic loss of family members, and his ultimate captivity. Through this opening portion, the reader is immediately immersed in the emotional weight of survival, the complexities of human relationships under duress, and the gritty realities of life on the frontier. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Patent medicines Apache Indians -- Fiction Eastman, Edwin (Fictitious character) -- Fiction Indian captivities -- Fiction Comanche Indians -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Fiction 495514 487302 2024-10-11T13:20:05.143126 2023-09-12T06:01:06.615537 text/html text/html 489216 2008-11-05T08:23:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1866817 2008-11-05T08:25:10 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1962083 2024-10-11T13:20:20.614019 application/epub+zip 1963445 2024-10-11T13:20:12.384061 application/epub+zip 261212 2024-10-11T13:20:09.816133 application/epub+zip 2304011 2024-10-11T13:20:26.360056 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2240002 2024-10-11T13:20:18.831064 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 347474 2022-09-12T13:07:50.042511 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 447942 447705 2024-10-11T13:20:03.997152 2023-09-12T06:01:05.849508 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 447727 2008-11-05T08:23:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 171623 2008-11-05T08:25:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 447730 2008-11-05T08:24:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 171580 2008-11-05T08:25:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22437 2024-10-11T13:20:26.519048 application/rdf+xml 26534 2024-10-11T13:20:11.001107 image/jpeg 4859 2024-10-11T13:20:10.125091 image/jpeg 1987239 2024-10-11T13:20:05.332124 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog