The Captured: A True Story of Abduction on the Texas Frontier by Scott Zesch.

Author Scott Zesch uses the story of Indian captives to open a window into the experiences of Texas pioneers. For this paper, you must place the stories of Adolf Korn and the others who were taken as captives within a larger historical context. What do their experiences tell us about Native American culture? What do they tell us about pioneer culture? Why did the Comanches take captives? Assess how the stories of the captives and their captors fit into larger patterns in the history of the United States West. Conclude your paper by explaining what The Captured tells us about the American frontier.You need to come up with a research question or hypothesis based on the theme of the book assigned, research other authored sources, and possibly answer your research question. For instance, research the following question: “Why did the captured European immigrants prefer to remain ‘captured’ with the Comanches on the 1840s-1860s Texas Frontier?” or “How successful was the process of integration into the White Society for the Native American children in the late the 1870s United States?”