Myth, memory, and massacre : the Pease River capture of Cynthia Ann Parker / Paul H. Carlson and Tom Crum.

"Investigates the so-called 'Battle of Pease River' and December 1860 capture of Cynthia Ann Parker, contending that what became, in Texans' collective memory, a battle that broke Comanche military power was actually a massacre, mainly of women. Questions traditional knowledge and historiographic in...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Grover E. Murray studies in the American Southwest.
Main Author:	Carlson, Paul Howard
Language:	English
Published:	Lubbock : Texas Tech University Press, [2010], ©2010.
Series:	Grover E. Murray studies in the American Southwest.
Subjects:	Pease River, Battle of, Tex., 1860. Comanche people > Texas > History > 19th century. Massacres > Texas > History > 19th century. Parker, Cynthia Ann, > 1827?-1864. Texas Rangers > History > 19th century. Indigenous captivities > Texas.
Physical Description:	xix, 195 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Variant Title:	Myth, memory, & massacre.
Format:	Book

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