num_pages: 562
description: In 1836, when she was nine years old, Cynthia Ann Parker was kidnapped by Comanche Indians from her family's settlement. She grew up with them, mastered their ways, and married one of their leaders. Except for her brilliant blue eyes and golden mane, Cynthia Ann Parker was in every way a Comanche woman. They called her Naduah—Keeps Warm With Us. She rode a horse named Wind.This is her story, the story of a proud and innocent people whose lives pulsed with the very heartbeat of the land. It is the story of a way of life that is gone forever. It will thrill you, absorb you, touch your soul, and make you cry as you celebrate the beauty and mourn the end of the great Comanche nation.
language: English
title: Ride the Wind
titlecomplete: Ride the Wind
characters: Cynthia Parker
genres: Romance, Fiction, Historical Romance, Historical Fiction, Westerns, American History, Adventure, Historical, Native Americans, Drama
ratings_count: 5854
places: Texas, The United States of America
awards: awardedAt: 378720000000
name: Spur Award
category: Best Historical Novel
publisher: Ballantine Books