Three Years Among the Comanches (eBook, ePUB) - Lee, Nelson
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First published in 1859, Nelson Lee’s Three Years Among the Comanches is perhaps the most widely known story of all Indian captivity narratives. Lee was a Texan Ranger captured by marauding Indians in the 1850s and forced to live with them as a slave for three years before making his escape. His account includes detailed descriptions of life in a nomadic Comanche village, his marriage to a young squaw, buffalo hunts, Comanche versus Apache conflicts, Comanche mythology and gut-wrenching descriptions of the terrible fates of his fellow-captives who were tortured before him, his life being…mehr

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First published in 1859, Nelson Lee’s Three Years Among the Comanches is perhaps the most widely known story of all Indian captivity narratives. Lee was a Texan Ranger captured by marauding Indians in the 1850s and forced to live with them as a slave for three years before making his escape. His account includes detailed descriptions of life in a nomadic Comanche village, his marriage to a young squaw, buffalo hunts, Comanche versus Apache conflicts, Comanche mythology and gut-wrenching descriptions of the terrible fates of his fellow-captives who were tortured before him, his life being spared only because of a silver alarm clock he possessed, the loud workings of which mystified his superstitious captors.
Autorenporträt
Nelson Lee, P.Eng., CC-P, founded Green Sky Sustainability Consulting Inc. in 2015 to empower organizations to solve the climate crisis through their collective actions. His climate action services enhance the resilience and sustainability of organizations. He has conducted environment, health and safety compliance and certification audits and GHG verifications in most sectors globally, including in Fortune 50 companies. Nelson represents Canada's interests in developing Climate Change and GHG Management standards for ISO. He is a Working Group Experton the ISO 14064 series, ISO 14091, ISO 14097 and ISO 14068.