The Capture and Escape - Life Among the Sioux #969108

A firsthand account of captivity and survival on the American frontier.

In July 1864, Sarah Luse Larimer was traveling west with her family when their wagon train was attacked near Fort Laramie. Captured with her young son and forced into a desperate ordeal, she faced violence, uncertainty, and the constant struggle to survive.

First published in 1870, The Capture and Escape is Larimer’s own narrative of the attack, her brief captivity among the Sioux, and the daring escape that brought her back to safety. Written close to the events themselves, the book offers modern readers a vivid glimpse into overland travel, frontier danger, and the human will to endure.

Part survival memoir and part historical document, this volume will appeal to readers of Western Americana, Oregon Trail history, women’s memoirs, and nineteenth-century firsthand accounts of the American West.

This historical work preserves the language and perspectives of its time.