03074cam a22003853u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003701000130007804000110009104100170010205000070011910000190012624500570014526400510020230000470025333600260030033700260032633800360035250002390038850002860062750000310091350802320094452012170117653400450239365300210243865300300245965300530248965300340254265300320257670000370260885600430264527164UtSlPG20260610133624.0mcr n260607r2008||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  a34018212  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aEastman, Edwin10aSeven and nine years among the Camanches and Apaches 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2008  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aAccording to the Library of Congress record for Edwin Eastman, he was a "fictitious character invented by E. P. (Edward P.) Huylar, 1829-1888, purveyor of patent medicines, who also created the alternate identity, Clark Johnson, M.D."  aAccording to Narratives of captivity among the Indians of North America : a list of books and manuscripts on this subject in the Edward E. Ayer Collection of the Newberry Library (1912), this book is a "fictitious story written to advertise Dr. Clark Johnson's Indian blood syrup".  aRelease date is 2008-11-05  aProduced by Bryan Ness, Barbara Kosker and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This
file was produced from scans of public domain works at the
University of Michigan's Making of America collection.)  a"Seven and Nine Years Among the Camanches and Apaches: An Autobiography" by Eastman is an autobiographical narrative written in the late 19th century. The book recounts the author’s harrowing experiences of captivity during his time with the Camanches and Apaches, detailing both personal trials and cultural observations. The narrative begins with Eastman’s transition from a farmer in Missouri to a victim of abduction by Native Americans, setting the stage for a vivid exploration of frontier life and conflict.  At the start of the book, the author introduces the motivations for writing, emphasizing the often-ignored stories of those captured by Native Americans. He details his family’s move westward and the subsequent journey that leads to their ambush and his capture alongside his wife and brother. The tension escalates as the author recounts the harrowing attack by the Indians, the tragic loss of family members, and his ultimate captivity. Through this opening portion, the reader is immediately immersed in the emotional weight of survival, the complexities of human relationships under duress, and the gritty realities of life on the frontier. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aPatent medicines  aApache Indians -- Fiction  aEastman, Edwin (Fictitious character) -- Fiction  aIndian captivities -- Fiction  aComanche Indians -- Fiction1 aJohnson, Clark, M.D.,d1829-188840uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27164