10 must-read nonfiction books like White Squaw: The True Story of Jennie Wiley by Arville Wheeler

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White Squaw: The True Story of Jennie Wiley

By: Arville Wheeler

4.32

Format: 204 pages, Kindle Edition

THE TRUE STORY OF JENNIE WILEY—WHITE SQUAWThomas and Jennie Wiley lived on Walker’s Creek in Bland …

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Cover of A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison by James E. Seaver

1. A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison

By: James E. Seaver

4.03

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Mary Jemison was one of the most famous white captives who, after being captured by Indians, chose … read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Blood Moon: A Captive's Tale by Ruth Hull Chatlien

2. Blood Moon: A Captive's Tale

By: Ruth Hull Chatlien

4.41

Format: 425 pages, Kindle Edition

Gold Medal Winner, Fiction, Western, 2018 Readers’ Favorite Awards Named to Kirkus Reviews’ 22 Gr… read more

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3. White Squaw: The True Story of Jennie Wiley

By: Arville Wheeler

4.32

Format: 204 pages, Kindle Edition

THE TRUE STORY OF JENNIE WILEY—WHITE SQUAWThomas and Jennie Wiley lived on Walker’s Creek in Bland … read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Captives: The Story of Wasser Thomas by J.W. Becker

4. The Captives: The Story of Wasser Thomas

By: J.W. Becker

4.27

Format: 218 pages, Kindle Edition

This is the story of Wasser Thomas, who lived with his family on a farm in Kansas until one day whe… read more

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5. The Journal of Snow Woman

By: CR Wilson

4.06

Format: 136 pages, Kindle Edition

In the mid-1800's a wagon train is on the Oregon Trail. One of the wagons belongs to the Applegates… read more

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6. 21 Months a Captive: Rachel Plummer and the Fort Parker Massacre (Annotated)

By: Rachel Plummer

3.81

Format: 92 pages, Kindle Edition

This 2020 edition contains newly unearthed information about the participants. On May 19, 1836, For… read more

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  • nonfiction
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7. The Promise ("The Promise" Saga Book 2)

By: Jean Hackensmith

4.46

Format: 346 pages, Kindle Edition

“If you ever need anything, Rebecca, you just let me know and I'll be there." Those were the words … read more

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8. The Price of Bread and Shoes: A Novel

By: Lonormi Manuel

4.47

Format: 354 pages, Kindle Edition

When nineteen-year-old Alafair Sizemore Slone journeys to Chemame Creek, West Virginia to join her … read more

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"It's a hard life for a woman, married to a man who's married to the bottle."

-Lonormi Manuel, The Price of Bread and Shoes: A Novel

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9. Nine Years Among the Indians, 1870-1879: The Story of the Captivity and Life of a Texan Among the Indians

By: Herman Lehmann

4.17

Format: 115 pages, Kindle Edition

"Lehmann's memoir is quite fantastic-sounding at times, but is regarded as one of the best of that … read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Fifty Years On The Trail: The True Story of John Y. Nelson, Frontiersman, Scout, and Guide by John Nelson

10. Fifty Years On The Trail: The True Story of John Y. Nelson, Frontiersman, Scout, and Guide

By: John Nelson

4.34

Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition

Frontiersman, military scout, interpreter, guide, police chief, and saloon owner; John Young Nelson… read more

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  • nonfiction
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11. My Sixty Years on the Plains: Trapping, Trading, and Indian Fighting

By: William Thomas Hamilton

4.17

Format: 98 pages, Kindle Edition

Of course I knew how to scalp, and soon accomplished the feat, much to his satisfaction, for he sai… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Narrative of My Captivity Among the Sioux Indians by Fanny Kelly

12. Narrative of My Captivity Among the Sioux Indians

By: Fanny Kelly

3.87

Format: 170 pages, Kindle Edition

“I was a member of a small company of emigrants, who were attacked by an overwhelming force of host… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Experience is a great teacher, and we were then in her school, and learned that while hope offers the faintest token of refuge, we pause upon the fearful brink of eternity, and look back for rescue."

-Fanny Kelly, Narrative of My Captivity Among the Sioux Indians

"Mother! what a world of affection is comprised in that single word; how little do we in the giddy round of youthful pleasure and folly heed her wise counsels. How lightly do we look upon that zealous…"

-Fanny Kelly, Narrative of My Captivity Among the Sioux Indians

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13. By Ox Team to California: Crossing the Plains in 1860

By: Lavinia Honeyman Porter

4.21

Format: 107 pages, Kindle Edition

“We then determined to use the small remnant of our fortune to provide a suitable outfit for a leng… read more

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  • nonfiction
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14. Left by the Indians

By: Ethan E. Harris

3.75

Format: 30 pages, Kindle Edition

This is a first-hand account one of the worst wagon train massacres in the Old West. After 45 days … read more

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"They were mounted on horses and were to go ahead and clear the way for us to follow with our wagons. But instead of doing so, the discharged soldiers put spurs to the horses, which belonged to Mr. Va…"

-Ethan E. Harris, Left by the Indians

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15. Where Courage Began: Velma's Story

By: G.L. Gooding

4.18

Format: 325 pages, Kindle Edition

A blizzard rages outside a ramshackle Iowa farmhouse in February of 1921. Five-year-old Velma and h… read more

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16. Bitter Honey

By: Sharon Mierke

4.53

Format: 270 pages, Kindle Edition

In the early 1800s (1830s – 1860s) it has been estimated that as many as 300,000 men and women may … read more

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17. Our People

By: Jim Hamm

4.68

Format: 220 pages, Kindle Edition

Based on the compelling true story of the famous Elm Creek Raid of 1864. During the Civil War, Coma… read more

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Cover of Morgan's Captivity: The story of Mogan O'Connor's captivity among the Cheyenne in the novel The Captured Girl by Tom Reppert

18. Morgan's Captivity: The story of Mogan O'Connor's captivity among the Cheyenne in the novel The Captured Girl

By: Tom Reppert

3.84

Format: 45 pages, Kindle Edition

This is the story of Morgan O'Connor's years of captivity with the Northern Cheyenne. The novel The… read more

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Cover of Seven Years with the Indians (Expanded, Annotated) by Owen P. Dabney

19. Seven Years with the Indians (Expanded, Annotated)

By: Owen P. Dabney

3.83

Format: 92 pages, Kindle Edition

When the Ainsleys joined the westward expansion of the U.S. in 1862, they could never have imagined… read more

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Cover of The Spirit Lake Massacre and the Captivity of Abbie Gardner (Expanded, Annotated) by Abbie Gardner-Sharp

20. The Spirit Lake Massacre and the Captivity of Abbie Gardner (Expanded, Annotated)

By: Abbie Gardner-Sharp

3.91

Format: 201 pages, Kindle Edition

Long considered one of the best of the captive narratives from the 19th century, Abbie Gardner's th… read more

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  • nonfiction
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21. The Captured Girl: A Novel of Survival during the Great Sioux War

By: Tom Reppert

4.48

Format: 374 pages, Kindle Edition

The Captured Girl is an enthralling saga that follows Lieutenant Will Raines’s crucible of combat a… read more

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Amy Fillion

4.24

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Suzanne Redfearn

4.47

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4.21

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