My Life With Apache
Linda L. LattimerHistorical romance
Available from Whiskey Creek Press
ISBN: 978-1-59374-826-5
August 2007
| Fourteen year-old Elizabeth, along with her parents and sister, were traveling by wagon train; they left St. Louis going west. When they were attacked by the Comanche Indians, her mother and sister buried her under the dirt to keep them from finding her. She was the only survivor of the entire train! She lay still for hours and then started burying the dead, saving her family for last. Another group of Indians, this one Apache, came upon her and tried to help her; she was, of course, very suspicious of them. Brave Coyote, one of the main leaders of that tribe, encouraged his men to help with the burial; he then tried to calm Elizabeth and he took her home with him. He called her White Woman and she called him Apache!
Apache told her she would have seven days to grieve and then he would take her as his wife. She told him that she wanted to go to Montana to her grandfather—her only living family member. Apache told her she had to teach the tribesmen how to speak English and then she would become his wife and do “womanly” things! She did not think that would make her happy. She tried, several times to leave; he told her if she ran again, he would give her over to his braves! She did, but he didn’t! He kept going after her, rescuing her whenever she got into trouble time and again. Ms. Linda Lattimer has written several books I have read and this one, while different, is every bit as good. Her characters are so vivid and either compassionate, or harsh, or forgiving, as the case may have been, that it gave extra interest into the book. The plot was rather new to me; her writing style has always been great for me—this was no different. I had a hard time putting the book down. The ending, I must confess, was a total surprise to me. You will see when you read it. Great job, Ms. Lattimer!
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Reviewer: Brenda Talley |
