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  • Bibliography:
    8 Books
  • First Book:
    January 1964
  • Latest Book:
    February 1999
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Book List in Order: 8 titles






  • The White Man's Road tells the story of Joe Cowbone, son of a Comanche mother and a white trader, as he makes his way to manhood at a time when reservation Indians had been forced into the white man's road a steep and thorny path for many of them....



  • Exploring an intriguing, little-known passage of American history, Capps investigates the legends surrounding a courageous Indian woman who, defying the tradition of her people, became the undisputed leader of the Crow Nation...





  • In the mid-nineteenth century a band of European and American idealists undertake a noble but improbable experiment: the founding of an utopian community amidst the harsh realities of the Texas frontier....



  • A Woman of the People is one of Texas’ best-known and most-respected novels. In this story of the Texas frontier, Capps dramatizes the capture by a Comanche band of a ten-year-old white girl and her five-year-old sister from the upper reaches of th...




Award-Winning Books by Benjamin Capps

Sam Chance
1965 SPUR Award -- Western Novel
The Trail to Ogallala
1964 SPUR Award -- Western Novel
The White Man's Road
1969 SPUR Award -- Historical Novel


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Benjamin Capps has published 8 books.

Benjamin Capps does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Woman of the People, was published in February 1999.

The first book by Benjamin Capps, Sam Chance, was published in January 1964.

No. Benjamin Capps does not write books in series.