Cynthia Haseloff
Autore di The Kiowa Verdict
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Cynthia Haseloff was born in Eagle Flats, Texas in 1948. She won a State American Legion Oratorical Award in high school before receiving her B. A. and M. A. at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. She later earned a Ph.D. from Stephens College. Besides having a career as a writer, Haseloff mostra altro worked in her family's recreation business, produced audio visual material, taught high school English, and served as a publications advisor at the school. She also is a member of the Western Writers of America and past board member of Shiloh Museum and Washington County Historical Society. Haseloff has written Ride South! and The Kiowa Verdict: A Western Story, which won a Western Writers of America Spur Award for Best Western Novel . (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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- Opere
- 12
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- 79
- Popolarità
- #226,897
- Voto
- 3.8
- Recensioni
- 2
- ISBN
- 63
The author didn’t hesitate to show how badly returned women were treated, and, in fact, many of these women committed suicide when they realized that they were unsuccessful at integrating back into white society. Sarai needed to discover whether she can adapt to becoming white again or does her heart still belong with the Comanche.
Although based on the story of Cynthia Ann Parker, perhaps the most famous of all Indian captives, the author branches off from the original story and creates a new path for the main character to follow. Overall this was a fairly routine story although the author was born in Texas and was actually named for Cynthia Ann Parker. She obviously knows her history and what terrible conditions captive women were placed under both by the Indians and then again when they were returned to their families.… (altro)