"The Life of Ten Bears provides such a wealth of information regarding Comanche raids and rituals from this era that it should prove of immense value to researchers for decades to come."—Steven Sielaff, Great Plains Quarterly “Rare is history told from the Native point of view, which we get in this new set of stories collected by Francis Joseph Attocknie. . . . [It] will no doubt be of intense interest to scholars of Comanche and western Native American history and to Comanche and other Native peoples themselves.”—Jack David Eller, Anthropology Review Database“The reader feels immersed in the story. . . . This book would be great for the casual reader or for use in an American Indian history course.”—James Butts, The Chronicles of Oklahoma“Native historical accounts are the ‘holy grail’ for scholars working in borderlands or colonial contact situations. Kavanagh’s editing of Francis Joseph ‘Joe A’ Attocknie’s collection of the historical narratives of the Comanche Ten Bears will prove invaluable for scholars and edifying for readers.”—Lance Blyth, author of Chiricahua and Janos: Communities of Violence in the Southwestern Borderlands, 1680–1880 “The Life of Ten Bears will quickly become required reading in a range of disciplines and will be enjoyed by a broad, popular readership. It is a treasured addition to historical narratives authored by members of Native American communities in the twentieth century.”—Daniel Swan, curator of ethnology, Sam Noble Museum, University of Oklahoma
