An Apache Princess - Couverture souple

King, Captain Charles; King, General Charles

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1417910364 ISBN 13 : 9781417910366

Editeur : Kessinger Publishing Co, 2004

Synopsis

""An Apache Princess"" is a historical novel written by Captain Charles King. The story is set in the late 19th century and follows the life of a young Apache woman named Nita. Nita is the daughter of a prominent Apache chief and is known for her beauty, intelligence, and strong will. When she meets a young army officer named Lieutenant Wayne, the two fall in love despite their cultural differences and the ongoing conflict between the Apache people and the United States government. As Nita and Wayne navigate the challenges of their relationship, they also find themselves caught up in a larger conflict that threatens to tear their worlds apart. Filled with action, romance, and historical detail, ""An Apache Princess"" is a compelling tale of love and war on the American frontier.1903. Illustrations by Frederic Remington and Edwin Willard Deming. The literary novels of Charles King are ones of Victorian ideals, morals and views played out on western frontiers, the Civil War, and the Spanish Philippines. His often melodramatic stories are based on personal adventures and experiences with detailed observations and opinions arising from specific times and places. Publishing over 60 novels and numerous short stories, King was a popular author in his day, yet today is known mostly for one title, Campaigning With Crook. An Apache Princess begins: Under the willows at the edge of the pool a young girl sat daydreaming, though the day was nearly done. All in the valley was wrapped in shadow, though the cliffs and turrets across the stream were resplendent in a radiance of slanting sunshine. Not a cloud tempered the fierce glare of the arching heavens or softened the sharp outline of neighboring peak or distant mountain chain. Not a whisper of breeze stirred the drooping foliage along the sandy shores or ruffled the liquid mirror surface. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Under the willows at the edge of the pool a young girl sat daydreaming, though the day was nearly done. All in the valley was wrapped in shadow, though the cliffs and turrets across the stream were resplendent in a radiance of slanting sunshine. Not a cloud tempered the fierce glare of the arching heavens or softened the sharp outline of neighboring peak or distant mountain chain. Not a whisper of breeze stirred the drooping foliage along the sandy shores or ruffled the liquid mirror surface. Not a sound, save drowsy hum of beetle or soft murmur of rippling waters, among the pebbly shallows below, broke the vast silence of the scene. The snow cap, gleaming at the northern horizon, lay one hundred miles away and looked but an easy one-day march. The black upheavals of the Matitzal, barring the southward valley, stood sullen and frowning along the Verde, jealous of the westward range that threw their rugged gorges into early shade. Above and below the still and placid pool and but a few miles distant, the pine-fringed, rocky hillsides came shouldering close to the stream, but fell away, forming a deep, semicircular basin toward the west, at the hub of which stood bolt-upright a tall, snowy flagstaff, its shred of bunting hanging limp and lifeless from the peak, and in the dull, dirt-colored buildings of adobe, ranged in rigid lines about the dull brown, flat-topped mesa, a thousand yards up stream above the pool, drowsed a little band of martial exiles, stationed here to keep the peace 'twixt scattered settlers and swarthy, swarming Apaches. The fort was their soldier home; the solitary girl a soldier's daughter.

Biographie de l'auteur

Charles King, born in Albany, New York, was a United States soldier (he graduated from West Point in 1866), a military historian, and a distinguished writer. He wrote and edited over 60 books and novels. Among his list of titles are Campaigning with Crook, Fort Frayne, Under Fire, Daughter of the Sioux, and An Apache Princess. Charles King routinely sat on the porch of the Holt house at the Saint John’s Military Academy campus telling cadets, which included his grandson, tales of the Wild West, a favorite subject of his.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kessinger Publishing Co
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1417910364
• ISBN 13: 9781417910366
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 344
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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