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The Rachel Plummer narrative a stirring narrative of adventure, hardship and privation in the early days of Texas, depicting struggles with the Indians and other adventures
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- The American West (Adam Matthew Digital)
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- [Palestine, Tex.? : R. Lofton, S. Hendrix and J. Kennedy], c1926
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- 118 p. : ports
- Rachel Plummer's account is preceded by an account by J.W. Parker of the Indian attack on Parker's Fort and the capture of Mrs Plummer, and a description of Texas, the Indian wars and the Mexican War.
- Foreword by Rachel Lofton, Susie Hendrix and Jane Kennedy, great-granddaughter and granddaughters respectively of J.W. Parker.
- Narrative of the capture and subsequent sufferings of Mrs. Rachel Plummer during a captivity of twenty-one months among the Comanche Indians : with a sketch of their manners, customs, laws, &c., &. ; with a short description of the country over which she traveled whilst with the Indians / written by herself. 1839: p. [89]-117.
- Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, England : Adam Matthew Digital, c2008 (The American West)
- Newberry Library, Chicago