LUCIA ST. CLAIR ROBSON. Ride the Wind. Paperback, 608 pages, $7.90. http://ballantine.atrandom.com
In 1836, Comanches raided the fort built by the Parker family in east Texas. They left death and devastation in their wake, but they also took as captive nine-year-old Cynthia Ann Parker. During the next twenty-four years Cynthia Ann lived as a Comanche. She married and had three children. After his mother’s recapture, her oldest son, Quanah, became the last Comanche leader to surrender. Ride the Wind tells Cynthia Ann’s story.