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Hard. Condizione: Good. The Boy Captives: being the true story of the experiences and hardships of Clinton L. Smith and Jeff D. Smith among the Comanche and Apache Indians during the early days: the only two brothers ever known to endure the same hardships of captivity and get back aliveby J. Marvin Hunter, Clinton L. Smith and Jeff D. SmithTrade Paperback 240 pages. Condition Good Issued with NO Dust Jacket. Stated first edition 19th printing 2009. Striking illustrated wraps show off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Shelf wear with damaged corners, wrinkles and dog-eared pages. The usual curling to paper covers. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.Signed on inside cover by Clint Smith, son of Clinton L. Smith.Clint and Jeff Smith were captured on February 26, 1871, by Lipans and Comanches while herding sheep near the Smith home on Cibolo Creek between San Antonio and Boerne. They were the sons of Henry Smith, a Texas lawman and rancher from Pennsylvania, and Frances Short, a native of Alabama and a member of the controversial Short clan of Fayette County, Texas.When an initial rescue effort led by the brothers' two sisters Amanda (Lane) and Caroline (Coker) failed, Capt. Henry Smith and Capt. John W. Sansom, a cousin, assembled a large body of Texas Rangers and local militia, who, along with a posse led by Capt. Charles Schreiner, pursued the Indians from near Kendalia to Fort Concho in West Texas.The boys were separated after their capture, and Clinton became the adopted son of Tasacowadi, a Comanche chief. Brother Jeff was sold to Geronimo, branded as his property, and traveled with Geronimo's band of Apaches.The Boy Captives was first published in 1927, when Clinton, then in his sixties, told this account of his captivity. Beyond the tale of their captivity and reacculturation, both brothers led interesting lives as trail drivers, cowboys, and ranchers.

Hard. Condizione: Very Good. The Boy Captives: being the true story of the experiences and hardships of Clinton L. Smith and Jeff D. Smith among the Comanche and Apache Indians during the early days: the only two brothers ever known to endure the same hardships of captivity and get back aliveby J. Marvin Hunter, Clinton L. Smith and Jeff D. SmithTrade Paperback 240 pages. Condition Very Good Issued with NO Dust Jacket. Stated first edition 12th printing 1998. Striking illustrated wraps show off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear with undamaged corners. The usual curling to paper covers. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.Signed on inside cover by Clint Smith, son of Clinton L. Smith.Clint and Jeff Smith were captured on February 26, 1871, by Lipans and Comanches while herding sheep near the Smith home on Cibolo Creek between San Antonio and Boerne. They were the sons of Henry Smith, a Texas lawman and rancher from Pennsylvania, and Frances Short, a native of Alabama and a member of the controversial Short clan of Fayette County, Texas.When an initial rescue effort led by the brothers' two sisters Amanda (Lane) and Caroline (Coker) failed, Capt. Henry Smith and Capt. John W. Sansom, a cousin, assembled a large body of Texas Rangers and local militia, who, along with a posse led by Capt. Charles Schreiner, pursued the Indians from near Kendalia to Fort Concho in West Texas.The boys were separated after their capture, and Clinton became the adopted son of Tasacowadi, a Comanche chief. Brother Jeff was sold to Geronimo, branded as his property, and traveled with Geronimo's band of Apaches.The Boy Captives was first published in 1927, when Clinton, then in his sixties, told this account of his captivity. Beyond the tale of their captivity and reacculturation, both brothers led interesting lives as trail drivers, cowboys, and ranchers.

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