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My father RIP said he was a decendant of the Apache people and a Portuguese ranger. His DNA resulta confirmed he was Portuguese and 71% native American. He always spoke of his Indian grandmother who would travel back to her ancestral land, but he did not know exactly where. He spoke of Arizona. I wish I had more info on his family.
I am definitely going to have to read this trilogy. My great grandmother lived to be 109 and once told me about how she and her family traveled West in a covered wagon and how she saw Native Americans on the surrounding cliffs as they passed.
@@maxmcnabb wasn't researching and writing the books challenging? Being the narrator of them should then flow nearly second nature. Just imagine sitting around a fire pit amongst a group of friends that you want to share these stories with and add a touch of expression to each character as it makes you feel.. you're audiences will feel it also.. ✌🏽💚🙏
@@maxmcnabb no doubt that it was quite a task all the way around! Nonetheless, a feat that you so gloriously succeeded in completing, very, very well. 👏🏼 And I have no doubt of your narrating abilities, as others throughput these comments, can agree. Best regards.
My mother and my aunt talk about a story that when my family came over here from Ireland they married two Indian women and they build houses for their wives and one of the husbands came home and she had built a fire in the middle of the floor and she was cooking dinner on this fire and he loved her and he let her keep her a little fire in the middle of the floor because it was a dirt floor and we have a picture of her somewhere where she sitting in the floor cooking dinner by that fire.
That’s beautiful.,we in Ireland love the Native Americans they really helped us during the time the English let so many of us starve. Much love from Ireland 🇮🇪
@@Richardpuller246 Barry it's nonsense. There is zero evidence and btw the English and Scots in many cases sent food and clothing to Ireland. An interesting point, often overlooked is that Irish landlords let many Irish people starve. That said there was no welfare or charity system at that time. People also starved in England and Scotland as they also suffered from potato blight.
Jimmy "Santiago" Mckinn was abducted by Geronimo's band in 1885. His older brother was killed in that raid. Jimmy was adopted into the tribe. He learned Apache customs and their language before he was rescued. He did not want to return home as he had assimilated into the tribe. He actually boarded the train with other captive Apaches who were being sent to Florida. When the train stopped in Deming, New Mexico his parents picked him up and took him home.
My book Far Blue Mountains features a cover image of Santiago McKinn standing among Apaches. The photo by Tombstone photographer C. S. Fly is one of the most striking images of the old west.
My mother was Apache.. from Chihuahua..made it to S.Dakota...she married my father.. Black Man..the Apache Nation banished her from the tribe for marrying my father...I was born at Fitzsimmons Army Hospital Denver Colorado in 1961...She was 30..Her name was Mary Jane White...my birth certificate says Oriental as her ethnicity..My father said "they didn't care..what's one slant eye from another"...at school I was called a halfbreed..or injun...she died in 1977...and I know nothing about her... I have 1 picture my father gave me...she abandoned me and my brothers and my father when I was 3...my father raised us... people ask me what my ethnicity is.. I tell them "I am a Black Apache"...
She abandoned you? Is she deceased? Have you considered dna testing for possible matches or contacting her tribe to find anything out? I wish you the best and am sorry that happened to you guys.
Good answer. Perhaps a mtDNA test and a genetic genealogist can find a close family match in their data base... Good Hunting! RLH, Assinanoine, Matis, and Kootenai-Salish
Always be proud of what you are, I am color blind myself, I wish everybody was. I'm from South Carolina white man, and you know now days EVERYBODY hates the white people. God bless all in your house.
I’m really saddened by this . A lot of hurt comes from bigotry and racism, and for what ? We are all from the same family , none of us better than the other.
I haven’t read your book yet! I know I love it already, as this is my second time watching your video. Son of man. This is what speaks inside. A stranger accepted where there is no belonging, as beliefs would portray. Yet adopted because truth resides in those who WANT it. When we know the truth of ourselves we accept the stranger. Again, I haven’t read your book yet and I’m probably getting ahead of myself, my soul ( stranger) feels this. I look forward to reading the trilogy, you have intrigued me. Im happy to have had corresponded with you.
Thank you. The true story that inspired the books seemed to me to offer the possibility of deep spiritual allusions, and that's what captivated me most of all, more so than the historical aspect.
sound gud.Ok, me Hardly litterate, but mom taught Lakota Oral Lit, at BHSC in the 70's phd in native education. me 4 years native studies in social sciences. family friend got me / us interested in such things of our history and culter, his last book made to tv movie, Lakota Women. Our kin had an french American army scout/courier married into the Sioux peoples on the Rosebud, as seen in book. Recent friends were from Parker history decendent. Contractor says has oral history to lewis and mr Clark had several native Incounters? i/we had hand written story on one paper of a kin who escaped the forced schools of Lakota children. i think he became one of several spiritual leaders, some i met...
Most people don't know about the forced schools. Another horrible act of our government, of what I call legal kidnapping. Most kids never saw their parents again. A cover story for an Indian genocide. 😥
@@slcoly1, I have heard of orphans trains. That's fascinating that you had a recurring dream about one. I don't believe in reincarnation, but I do believe that we can sometimes dream an actual memory that one of our ancestors lived out, like an echo in the blood. Any idea if one of your great grandparents could've ridden on such a train?
@@slcoly1, maybe so. I'm convinced that the structure of reality refuses to fit into the materialistic framework that our modern world tried for so long to stuff it into... In the second book of the trilogy, John Russell/Denali sees a "fractal in flux" during his vision quest. I'd like to hear your thoughts on fractals.
Thank you! Text me your address and I'll mail you and your wife a promotional copy. If you like Tom Russell and Cormac McCarthy, I believe you'll enjoy my novel for sure.
You sold me! When it comes to the library I am going to read it, for sure. My mom's family comes from Sisseton tribe. Germans, Polish and Native Americans all mixed up in one group of people there. Sioux farmers. My Grampa taught me a lot about my heritage. And my uncle taught in Sisseton. Mom was from Webster. I was born in Sioux Falls. Bio dad was half Sioux. He died in Vietnam. Step Dad's an Irish man also fought in lots of wars, starting with Vietnam. Ending with Desert Storm. 3 times he went with his troop. Staff Seargeant. To me, this sounds like a good read.
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My great great grandmother was kidnapped by the natives in the late 1800's. The men had gone to go hunt for food for the village. Then the natives came raided the small community besides other things they had took my great was one of things/person they stole. My great great father spent the rest of his life searching for her all the way up to Montana all those near states never did find her. My ancestry DNA states I'm part ingenious, Spaniard, European/northern, Greek Portuguese Italian African. Love my heritage. Can't pick sides lol.
I read "Death in the Desert" by Paul I. Wellman, "The Fifty Years' War for the Great Southwest" back in the 1980's. It is amazing how the Apaches carried out this war much like the Afghans based on tribal honour and warfare but using modern weapons (no artillery). I would recommend reading this history or others on this topic. I will soon order your trilogy.
"Death on the Prairie" by Paul I. Wellman" is also wonderful [anything by Paul Wellman would be great] I own both books. My favorite for all time has to be Dee Brown's "Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee"! I think my journey into truth really started reading "The Unredeemed Captive" by John Demos. Read the synopsis & if you are on a similar journey you'll get it. My own roots go back to 1630 Massachusetts Bay Calvinists & 1720s Scots Irish squaters on Indian land. My library has been decolonized. My heroes today include Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull & the great Shawnee Tecumsuh...
This is interesting! I’ll order the trilogy. My dad was born in Lubbock in the 30’s. His grandmother and father had marriage license #1 in Lubbock county. I wish I had their stories.
This is a true story, some of the braves from the battle of little big horn escaped to England by joining buffalo bills show. They settled in the north of England and married and had families. In America they were wanted men but in the UK they were free☮️💜🇬🇧
@@sequoiapark4506 it was an article in an English newspaper years ago. I found it really interesting, I think they settled in the north and took English names, there was a photo taken. I'm sure that you could find it somewhere on the net.
This sounds unbelievable ! I hope it’s true I wonder if they married a curates daughter Reminds me of “Greystoke” the movie where Tarzan goes “ home” to claim his estate ‼️Great fun . Please let the Indian story be true😳😂
I just had to subscribe......such young man....and to know that's he's done such an important job, by writing (Not just a book, but a series) you are a great example....pls, keep up🙏🏾👍🏾👨🏫
Thank you so much for the good writing advice and encouragement. It reminds me why I cannot stop thinking about my three pound best friend who sat on my shoulder for six years only to be slowly murdered by individuals who did not want her suspected Savannah lineage to be known or accounted for in her rightful home.
For 6 years huh? Did you develop any scoliosis from the 3 pound bestie or did she swap shoulders? Sure sorry to hear of her death, were the murderers brought to justice? So many questions need to be answered!
@@BM205 yes it was leaning more on one side from where she used to sit, but no scoliosis🤠I had a lot of small scratch marks on one side that I still miss But I credit her also with keeping me in shape too without having to go to the gym. Her murderers as far as I know are still out there and remain licensed in the animal care professions. I am on the low income side of life and trying to keep up with other things like go fund me isn’t as easy as it can be for more experienced scam artists at times. It seems like the more corrupt, the more they know how to work the system and delay the process. I really just want my life back where it changed in 2019 then got endlessly delayed in the courts during COVID. I can’t believe that their shelter was safer than the home they’d been in while we waited for trial during a pandemic either. I don’t want the people involved to ever work with a badge, a gun, or an animal again but I just can’t seem to get enough support for companion animal rights standing next to all these COVID victims at first then war etc... sorry to vent but it hasn’t been easy here without them and I don’t think it ever will be alright.
@@MonsterMacLLC hey I'm truly sorry you lost your furry friend. I love animals of all shapes and sizes and I have so much more respect and things in common with them than I do for most humans. We have a small farm and my sister, my wife and I take in all the rescues we can. A year ago we took a horse found at a meth dealers house that had been beaten so badly he would shake when you came near him and so starved he was very near death. Showing that horse (Cowboy) I wasn't an enemy and I wanted to help him and show him love and compassion was a long hard process. I'm no horseman that's for sure but earning his trust and showing him he was family is an accomplishment I'll always be happy and blessed to have achieved. Watching him with my lil girls while the sun was sitting the other day was so beautiful it brought a tear to my eye. A person who abuses animals is someone who don't wanna see me coming. When I was a young man I did some jail time for putting a man's eye out for shootin my dog and I'd do it again. I try to live a Christian life but Lord help me I get MAD when any animal is abused and I jus can't control myself and I'm a big fella. Again I'm sorry ya lost your friend and I'm sorry cause it sounded like it shoulda never happened. I hope you always remember the good times you were blessed with and I hope someday when the times right another friend will come along and fill your heart with joy. From an ol Alabama country boy, y'all stay safe and God bless.
great story to write about. i didnt realize the Apache were still around and free up till the 1930s. i always thought Geronimo and his group were the last hold outs.
My grandmother with her family lived in Oklahoma in a sod house. One day two indian men and one woman came begging for food. My great grandmother was scared and just motioned to them to the fields. There they ate pumpkin and travelled on with horse pulling a wood frame in which to woman road. This may have been late 1890s.
@@maxmcnabb yes, I will. I have surgery for my eyes coming up, one in Sept and the other in Oct. By then our store should be reopened and I'll be back to work, so funds will loosen up.
Last I checked the Apaches are free. They are free to live where ever they want, free to work where ever they want, free to go to school and college. Free to drive, free to drink, and the US govt many times gives them money to do all of this.
Nowhere in the video do I make a commentary on modern times. I'm talking about history. The Apache scouts who helped the U.S. track down Geronimo were betrayed by the U.S. military and shipped to prison in Florida, where Apaches died of fever and heartbreak. Does that sound like freedom to you?
My family moved to Arizona from California in 1895. Did alot of trading and made friends with the Apache/Yavapai. Went to school together at Mingus mountain high school in Jerome. Super good people. Have a cousin who's half Apache. Sedona, Prescott, cottonwood, camp Verde, Jerome, prescott valley, cordes junction, Have a whole room full of baskets, pottery and grinding stones from the late 1500s to late 1800s. Beautiful peices the smithsonian wishes it had. Anyways most were good, moral correct and down to earth, good hearted people.
Well done. It sounds great. Please get it on to talking books ! I paint and listen to books at the same time. Sitting down to read makes me too inert and restless. I think it’s Audible that will do it. You describe the process of creative writing very truly. I have so many books on all subjects. The art books are almost all I ever buy if the reproductions of the paintings are top quality. Your book and photos sounds amazing. Congratulations
Wow. My dad was born in Fisher county, raised in Rotan. The family was cotton farmers. His mom (my grandmother) told me stories about the Indians kidnapping ranchers kids. I thought she had her time frame mixed up and was telling stories from her parents or grandparents, who had to hold their funerals from "the fever" at nighttime, to avoid Indian raiders. The burials were held far outside of town at that time, according to her, to reduce the spread of "the fever".
Did your dad or grandmother ever mention anything about the Spider Rock treasure or lost treasure in general? Rotan is an important location in connection to the Spider Rock legend.
That's how Quanah Parker's mother was "discovered" by the Comanches who raided the family compound and took her and her brother and a few other captives. Most of them were ransomed off. Her brother was taken back as a teenager but his own family couldn't handle him. His sister grew to adulthood and had 3 kids with a Comanche chief.
They should not have killed the mom and kidnapped the boy. They could have taken Delores back and she would have been happier. The girl was injured, the man saved her.
Depending on the injury location and how it healed she could have had difficulty walking. That would have made it much more dangerous for her to travel with them.
Dear Max,, as soon as I began to Listen to this , I knew I was completely “HOOKED”. I would like to obtain the trilogy signed by you, I suspect they will be of great value someday,, you Sir are the Very rare REAL DEAL,, thanks,
Thank you, John! I very much appreciate that. The third book of the trilogy will be released in late May. If you'll send me an email, we can work out the details on getting signed copies to you. My email address is flatlandmax@gmail.com
@@maxmcnabb bloody hell yeah , one month the Country was ablaze and the next we where geared up like Doctors getting ready for an operation . Keep up the good work mate 👍 . If you do the audiobook please get a shela to do the Female parts , a lot of audiobooks are runed by bloke's doing shelas voices .
@@danielsmith5023, I've got the script ready for a video about the most famous ghost story in Texas history. It's a fascinating story about a man who was scalped by Comanches while temporarily paralyzed. Should have it ready in a week or two, and it'll be the first in a series of videos on Texas mysteries and legends. Thanks for the interest!
Can you find the ruins of my father's ancestral home in New Mexico? My great grandfather's grave is there among the ruins of the old stone house. His name is Nabor Aragon, and there was a headstone made of sandstone with his name on it atop his stacked stone grave.
@@maxmcnabb I am guessing maybe somewhere between Santa Rosa and Santa Fe, but I couldn't tell you for sure, because I was a child and my dad drove us there in their brand new 1955 Ford, four door, Customline. We drove for hours just to find a ranch house that we could just barely see in the far off distance before we had to turn right onto a farm type road just to drive for awhile just to reach it. Then, when we finally got to it, a little girl with green eyes who was sitting on a ranch fence that closely surrounded the ranch house looked at my dad who had pulled up with his driver's side window just a couple of feet from her said to him, "yes mam?" I remember thinking, "oh my God, this little girl has never even seen another human being in her lifetime." Then, the rancher came out, talked to my dad for a bit, and then just past the house, he opened a ranch gate and directed my dad to drive farther on cross country "for several miles. Keep the draw on your left for about half way, then cross the draw to the left and stay on the left side of it for a bit, then cross back over to the right when you come to another low opening, and then after awhile, you you should come across the ruins of a stone house with no roof and the grave (my great grandfather's grave)." When I was working at a nightclub in Concord, California, I was talking to the main two singers in the house band that featured a couple of young singers named David Frizzell and Shelly West about my Grandmother in Oklahoma from my mother's side whom I was told was in a rest home, because she had become too feeble to live at home, and I told them about her, and about my childhood experience in New Mexico, and finding my dad's home there where the ruins are, and after hearing Shelly mention she would like to live in Los Angeles, I told them how I had been raised in Los Angeles and what it would be like for her there, and how our next door neighbors in Rolling Hills Highlands (San Pedro) had a calico cat. Later, the song "You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma" came out based on our entire conversation that quiet afternoon. It was early evening, and the club was still empty before it filled to capacity, and while I was trying to sneak a drink from the bar soda dispenser at the bar way in the back of the club farthest away from the stage, they saw me, and said "this song's for Ron up at the bar," and proceeded to sing "you're the reason God made Oklahoma," to me, "for the very first time on stage or anywhere ever," they told me over the stage microphone. th-cam.com/video/0FLazzoGQM4/w-d-xo.html
I've been up in the sierra by a little pueblo called Colonia Morelos in Sonora mx. I always imagine the Apache running around there and always wondered where the canon de emudos and their rancherias were hidden. Found a old rusted pistol by a old corral, gave it to a boy in town.
That's awesome! Colonia Morelos is mentioned in my trilogy. Thanks for watching! Be sure to check out my books on Amazon (the link is in the pinned comment).
John Russel was the character in the movie hombre , that image of the young boy with apaches is shown at end credits , I read somewhere they were Irish immigrant family .
My books were inspired by the true story of the kidnapping of the son of Sonoran rancher Francisco Fimbres, but I changed character names and compressed the time frame of events to better suit a novel. John Russell McKenna's name was chosen as an homage to the Elmore Leonard novel that the Newman movie is based on... The kidnapping really did occur in 1926, and the last free Apaches really did live in hiding into the 1930s, and much of the most dramatic scenes in the novels occurred as I've portrayed them. But I use the term "inspired by," rather than "based on," because I'm not writing nonfiction.
Your books sound very interesting. I grew up watching old westerns on TV as a child and always carried with me an interest in the American west, especially true stories. By the way, I have an English friend who also has the same interest, his surname is Nabbs, I am wondering if the English name Nabbs and McNabb come from the same origin, McNabb being from the Scottish side. He tells me there were many 'Nabbs' in the beautiful English town of Hastings on England's South coast (historically famous for 1066). English history is another of my favourite subjects.
@@maxmcnabb Just a point of interest for you maybe. There was a Princess Ebba (also known as Princess Abb) who lived in Northumbria (Northumberland) in the North East of England. She founded a convent in the seventh century at a place which came to be called 'Abb's Head', on the North Sea coast. Abb's Head is in Scotland and is just 12 miles from her place of origin in Northumbria, England. The convent was later attacked by Vikings who killed all the nuns including the Princess. The convent was finally burned down in the ninth century by Norsemen. There is a fishing village nearby Abb's Head called St. Abb's which is also in Scotland just near the border of England. I'm not sure if this is interesting to you, but it may be related to the name. Just one other point of interest, the Princess was afraid that she and all of the nuns would be taken as slaves and raped by the Vikings, so she cut off her lips and told all of the nuns to do the same, which they all did. It's a very sad story, but I hope that you find it interesting. You mentioned Son of the Abbot. One meaning of Abbot is the superior or head of a monastery. A possible coincidence maybe, or maybe not.
@@junosugi7466 That's fascinating! Someday I want to visit the village near Loch Tay in Scotland where the McNabbs lived. Now I've got to be sure to check out Abb's Head as well! Thank you for sharing. You've got a true depth of knowledge about history.
The books were inspired by the true story of the kidnapping of the son of Sonoran rancher Francisco Fimbres, but I changed character names and compressed the time frame of events to better suit a novel. John Russell McKenna's name was chosen as an homage to the Elmore Leonard novel that the Newman movie is based on... The kidnapping really did occur in 1926, and the last free Apaches really did live in hiding into the 1930s, and much of the most dramatic scenes in the novels occurred as I've portrayed them. But I use the term "inspired by," rather than "based on," because I'm not writing nonfiction.
The picture of the little boy instantly caught my attention as being shown on the movie Hombre. My favorite and most watched movie growing up and even now. I will read your books! Love your post.
already seen "Hombre" as a proud Veteran and a enrolled tribal member of the Ft.Peck Assiniboine & Sioux. I applaud the effort you put forth. Hokahe'! and SEMPER FI.
Ever read about Texas Ranger George Durham? Nueces Strip era...even a movie about him. I should be workin, but got distracted. Went to Tech. Still finding red sand... ")
I'll likely do an audiobook version soon! Thanks for the interest. I'm also going to start a series of TH-cam videos on Texas/southwestern mysteries and legends, so be sure to subscribe to my channel.
Thank you! Much appreciated, and I hope that's still true about hard work. I'd like to think that the cream always rises to the top eventually, but these times are strange that we're living in.
You should look into my 7th great grandfather…… Robert M Jones. He was mix breed Choctaw. He was voted President of the Choctaw and creek nations in the later 1800’s. He was on the trail of tears to Oklahoma, became and multimillionaire and owned hundreds of slaves . May have been murdered by his Dr. ( who was having an affair with us wife ) .
My books were inspired by the true story of the kidnapping of the son of Sonoran rancher Francisco Fimbres, but I changed character names and compressed the time frame of events to better suit a novel. John Russell McKenna's name was chosen as an homage to the Elmore Leonard novel that the Newman movie is based on... The kidnapping really did occur in 1926, and the last free Apaches really did live in hiding into the 1930s, and much of the most dramatic scenes in the novels occurred as I've portrayed them. But I use the term "inspired by," rather than "based on," because I'm not writing nonfiction.
Thank you very much! Sky Burial, book three, will be available at the end of May. I'm in the process of readying it for production as we speak. Be sure to let me know what you think of the books!
My wifes maiden name is fimbres! I wonder if they are related. My wife ancestry is 35% native and she very much so looks native. Ill habe to check and with her if they know this story! Not many fimbres. They grew up in Chihuahua mexico and had encounters with apaches. They were also ranchers!
So I just confirmed with my wife that the character you speak of frinasico fimbres IS indeed my wife's great grand father. She said the apache killed Francisco's fimbres sister. Which one happened first who knows. I'm supposing Francisco took in the little girl but the apache didn't like that so they killed his sister? Who knows!???
The books were inspired by the true story of the kidnapping of the son of Sonoran rancher Francisco Fimbres, but I changed character names and compressed the time frame of events to better suit a novel. John Russell McKenna's name was chosen as an homage to the Elmore Leonard novel that the Newman movie is based on... The kidnapping really did occur in 1926, and the last free Apaches really did live in hiding into the 1930s, and much of the most dramatic scenes in the novels occurred as I've portrayed them. But I use the term "inspired by," rather than "based on," because I'm not writing nonfiction.
I'm about to start a series of videos on Texas mysteries and legends, all things spooky and unexplained, especially with a Texas or southwestern connection. First one should be released in the next couple of weeks. Thanks for the interest! Be sure to check out my books on Amazon (the link is in the pinned comment).
I like this guy just by the way he narrates. His words (in speech) are carefully selected. I am sure his writing details are similar. I am ordering his trilogy! Maybe, someday I can help my own beloved author to complete his trilogy. And maybe, one day, to write my own.
Thank you very much! That's very kind of you. I'm going to be doing a series of videos on Texas mysteries and legends very soon, so be sure to subscribe to my channel. And let me know what you think of the books!
Hombre is a 1967 American Revisionist Western film directed by Martin Ritt, based on the 1961 novel of the same name by Elmore Leonard and starring Paul Newman. same story, with artistic revisions
No, not the same story at all. I love the Leonard novel and the Newman adaptation, and John Russell McKenna's name was chosen as an homage. But Leonard's novel was entirely fictional. My novel was inspired by the real kidnapping of the son of Sonoran rancher Francisco Fimbres. I'm writing fiction, so I changed names and compressed the timeframe to better suit a novel than a straight nonfiction telling. My novel Far Blue Mountains has a cover image of Apache captive Santiago McKinn, which was also used in the end credits of Hombre the film.
Amazing history, so near we can taste it. So recent, we have photos as if it were WW2. Captivating life stories that say; You, I, and we have life in the palm of our hands. Grocery stores, plumbing, A/C and yet we complain. McM. Is the past-today.
Good day Max. My name is Maggie. My mother is a McNabb. I'm not sure if we're related. I'd have to look into this. Although I appreciate your way of thinking and your style of writing.🤠💖🇨🇦
I'd like to make an audio version, but time and money will have to dictate whether that happens. Thanks so much for being a reader! I deeply appreciate it.
The photo on the cover of Far Blue Mountains is of Santiago McKinn, who was taken captive by Geronimo's band in 1886, and the image was taken by Tombstone photographer C. S. Fly. The image on Deathsong is by Edward Curtis, and it shows Apache crown dancers dressed as the Mountain Spirits.
I wish they were still free to walk the land wherever they choose... I wish I could be that free. They should never have killed anyone. That's where they made their mistake. Blood for blood is a cycle that only ends in death for all...
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Heading there now!
@@CatherineSTodd Thank you very much! Please let me know what you think of the books.
. Thanks need to read ☺️
@@sebastianadame6880 Thank you! Be sure to let me know what you think of the books.
I'm very intrigued by these stories of the Bronco Apache..I'll be purchasing these books
My father RIP said he was a decendant of the Apache people and a Portuguese ranger. His DNA resulta confirmed he was Portuguese and 71% native American. He always spoke of his Indian grandmother who would travel back to her ancestral land, but he did not know exactly where. He spoke of Arizona. I wish I had more info on his family.
Check out the Band Medicine Dream, They will help you find your way...
That's awesome!
You ought to look in to it very seriously. Your destiny may be tied to your past. God bless you in your journey.
@@glynnisthomas9165 Gods the reason everything gets fucked up...EVERYTHING
Love to hear this, I'm Native American and Portuguese/Spanish.
I am definitely going to have to read this trilogy. My great grandmother lived to be 109 and once told me about how she and her family traveled West in a covered wagon and how she saw Native Americans on the surrounding cliffs as they passed.
That's awesome! Thank you for reading and watching.
When was she born ?
That's simply amazing.
@@Dennis-vr1ri well that easy she 109 right so count 109 back and you know the year she born 😇😇😇thank you 😂
@@masterk5372 ahahaha classic
Why don't you do an audiobook , and you be the one to read it out . You have a fantastic speaking voice
I'm considering it, but distinguishing between character voices in dialogue would be a challenge for me.
@@maxmcnabb wasn't researching and writing the books challenging?
Being the narrator of them should then flow nearly second nature.
Just imagine sitting around a fire pit amongst a group of friends that you want to share these stories with and add a touch of expression to each character as it makes you feel.. you're audiences will feel it also..
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@@sluurr6171, it was a mountain of research! Thanks for the advice, and I may give it a try soon.
@@maxmcnabb no doubt that it was quite a task all the way around! Nonetheless, a feat that you so gloriously succeeded in completing, very, very well. 👏🏼
And I have no doubt of your narrating abilities, as others throughput these comments, can agree.
Best regards.
He does have a great voice. Sounds alot like dances with wolf narration.
My mother and my aunt talk about a story that when my family came over here from Ireland they married two Indian women and they build houses for their wives and one of the husbands came home and she had built a fire in the middle of the floor and she was cooking dinner on this fire and he loved her and he let her keep her a little fire in the middle of the floor because it was a dirt floor and we have a picture of her somewhere where she sitting in the floor cooking dinner by that fire.
That's cool! Thanks for watching and reading.
That’s beautiful.,we in Ireland love the Native Americans they really helped us during the time the English let so many of us starve. Much love from Ireland 🇮🇪
Thank you for that extra time to share your lovely history too loven
@@maryfeehan7896 I had no idea the native Americans helped the Irish during the Famine.Can you recomend any good reading on the subject.
@@Richardpuller246 Barry it's nonsense. There is zero evidence and btw the English and Scots in many cases sent food and clothing to Ireland. An interesting point, often overlooked is that Irish landlords let many Irish people starve. That said there was no welfare or charity system at that time. People also starved in England and Scotland as they also suffered from potato blight.
Jimmy "Santiago" Mckinn was abducted by Geronimo's band in 1885. His older brother was killed in that raid. Jimmy was adopted into the tribe. He learned Apache customs and their language before he was rescued. He did not want to return home as he had assimilated into the tribe. He actually boarded the train with other captive Apaches who were being sent to Florida. When the train stopped in Deming, New Mexico his parents picked him up and took him home.
My book Far Blue Mountains features a cover image of Santiago McKinn standing among Apaches. The photo by Tombstone photographer C. S. Fly is one of the most striking images of the old west.
I wonder how that reunion went...
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“Adopted” what a nice way of saying everyone he was with was killed, raped or otherwise made to die and he was brain washed.
How quaint.
My mother was Apache.. from Chihuahua..made it to S.Dakota...she married my father.. Black Man..the Apache Nation banished her from the tribe for marrying my father...I was born at Fitzsimmons Army Hospital Denver Colorado in 1961...She was 30..Her name was Mary Jane White...my birth certificate says Oriental as her ethnicity..My father said "they didn't care..what's one slant eye from another"...at school I was called a halfbreed..or injun...she died in 1977...and I know nothing about her... I have 1 picture my father gave me...she abandoned me and my brothers and my father when I was 3...my father raised us... people ask me what my ethnicity is.. I tell them "I am a Black Apache"...
You may be welcomed back by now. Who knows. There are several different Apache bands. You'll have to figure out which one.
She abandoned you? Is she deceased? Have you considered dna testing for possible matches or contacting her tribe to find anything out? I wish you the best and am sorry that happened to you guys.
Good answer. Perhaps a mtDNA test and a genetic genealogist can find a close family match in their data base... Good Hunting!
RLH,
Assinanoine, Matis, and Kootenai-Salish
Always be proud of what you are, I am color blind myself, I wish everybody was. I'm from South Carolina white man, and you know now days EVERYBODY hates the white people. God bless all in your house.
I’m really saddened by this . A lot of hurt comes from bigotry and racism, and for what ? We are all from the same family , none of us better than the other.
I haven’t read your book yet! I know I love it already, as this is my second time watching your video.
Son of man. This is what speaks inside.
A stranger accepted where there is no belonging, as beliefs would portray. Yet adopted because truth resides in those who WANT it.
When we know the truth of ourselves we accept the stranger.
Again, I haven’t read your book yet and I’m probably getting ahead of myself, my soul ( stranger) feels this.
I look forward to reading the trilogy, you have intrigued me.
Im happy to have had corresponded with you.
Thank you. The true story that inspired the books seemed to me to offer the possibility of deep spiritual allusions, and that's what captivated me most of all, more so than the historical aspect.
sound gud.Ok, me Hardly litterate, but mom taught Lakota Oral Lit, at BHSC in the 70's phd in native education. me 4 years native studies in social sciences. family friend got me / us interested in such things of our history and culter, his last book made to tv movie, Lakota Women. Our kin had an french American army scout/courier married into the Sioux peoples on the Rosebud, as seen in book. Recent friends were from Parker history decendent. Contractor says has oral history to lewis and mr Clark had several native Incounters? i/we had hand written story on one paper of a kin who escaped the forced schools of Lakota children. i think he became one of several spiritual leaders, some i met...
That's awesome!
S5op tgw buffering. It's stupid. Dem[crates suck
Was it BAKERSFIELD HIGH SCHOOL
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Most people don't know about the forced schools. Another horrible act of our government, of what I call legal kidnapping. Most kids never saw their parents again. A cover story for an Indian genocide. 😥
Absolutely amazing! Your brief description spoke to my heart and felt familiar…
Thanks so much!
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Have you heard of the orphan trains?
I dreamt of them when I was young. I dreamt I was put on one. Reoccurring nightmare.
@@slcoly1, I have heard of orphans trains. That's fascinating that you had a recurring dream about one. I don't believe in reincarnation, but I do believe that we can sometimes dream an actual memory that one of our ancestors lived out, like an echo in the blood. Any idea if one of your great grandparents could've ridden on such a train?
@@maxmcnabb no. If not reincarnations then maybe collective memory?
Thoughts on fractals?
@@slcoly1, maybe so. I'm convinced that the structure of reality refuses to fit into the materialistic framework that our modern world tried for so long to stuff it into... In the second book of the trilogy, John Russell/Denali sees a "fractal in flux" during his vision quest. I'd like to hear your thoughts on fractals.
Well done, Max! I'll need to get a copy.
Thank you! Text me your address and I'll mail you and your wife a promotional copy. If you like Tom Russell and Cormac McCarthy, I believe you'll enjoy my novel for sure.
You sold me! When it comes to the library I am going to read it, for sure. My mom's family comes from Sisseton tribe. Germans, Polish and Native Americans all mixed up in one group of people there. Sioux farmers. My Grampa taught me a lot about my heritage. And my uncle taught in Sisseton. Mom was from Webster. I was born in Sioux Falls. Bio dad was half Sioux. He died in Vietnam. Step Dad's an Irish man also fought in lots of wars, starting with Vietnam. Ending with Desert Storm. 3 times he went with his troop. Staff Seargeant. To me, this sounds like a good read.
That's cool, but get my book now instead of waiting on a library: www.amazon.com/Far-Blue-Mountains-Beloved-Captive/dp/1737379716/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3BZWZLWVNZ8PZ&keywords=far+blue+mountains&qid=1652130758&sprefix=far%2520blue%2520mountain%2Caps%2C106&sr=8-1
Just found this channel randomly. Love it! Great topic
Thanks! I like your channel name, "1ManApocalypse."
My great great grandmother was kidnapped by the natives in the late 1800's. The men had gone to go hunt for food for the village. Then the natives came raided the small community besides other things they had took my great was one of things/person they stole. My great great father spent the rest of his life searching for her all the way up to Montana all those near states never did find her. My ancestry DNA states I'm part ingenious, Spaniard, European/northern, Greek Portuguese Italian African. Love my heritage. Can't pick sides lol.
Thanks for sharing that!
No need to pick sides. You are blessed with much heritage !
I think you mean indigenous rather than ingenious. Although you might be ingenious, but I don’t believe that shows up in DNA 🤔😊
I read "Death in the Desert" by Paul I. Wellman, "The Fifty Years' War for the Great Southwest" back in the 1980's. It is amazing how the Apaches carried out this war much like the Afghans based on tribal honour and warfare but using modern weapons (no artillery). I would recommend reading this history or others on this topic. I will soon order your trilogy.
Thank you! I'll absolutely check out your recommendation.
"Death on the Prairie" by Paul I. Wellman" is also wonderful [anything by Paul Wellman would be great] I own both books. My favorite for all time has to be Dee Brown's "Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee"! I think my journey into truth really started reading "The Unredeemed Captive" by John Demos. Read the synopsis & if you are on a similar journey you'll get it. My own roots go back to 1630 Massachusetts Bay Calvinists & 1720s Scots Irish squaters on Indian land. My library has been decolonized. My heroes today include Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull & the great Shawnee Tecumsuh...
This is interesting! I’ll order the trilogy. My dad was born in Lubbock in the 30’s. His grandmother and father had marriage license #1 in Lubbock county. I wish I had their stories.
That's cool! Thank you. You can get my books on Amazon (the link is in the pinned comment).
This is a true story, some of the braves from the battle of little big horn escaped to England by joining buffalo bills show. They settled in the north of England and married and had families. In America they were wanted men but in the UK they were free☮️💜🇬🇧
America is all content ..not just US...and Euros are not the true American they are the f illegals here .
😃Where did you hear this?
@@sequoiapark4506 it was an article in an English newspaper years ago. I found it really interesting, I think they settled in the north and took English names, there was a photo taken. I'm sure that you could find it somewhere on the net.
Nobody is free remove the scales from your eyes.
This sounds unbelievable ! I hope it’s true
I wonder if they married a curates daughter
Reminds me of “Greystoke” the movie where Tarzan goes “ home” to claim his estate ‼️Great fun . Please let the Indian story be true😳😂
Excellent, I will check out your trilogy. Great pics and vid, tya
Thank you! Very much appreciated. You can get my book through Amazon (the link is in the pinned comment).
I just had to subscribe......such young man....and to know that's he's done such an important job, by writing (Not just a book, but a series) you are a great example....pls, keep up🙏🏾👍🏾👨🏫
Thank you very much! I appreciate those kind words.
Thank you so much for the good writing advice and encouragement. It reminds me why I cannot stop thinking about my three pound best friend who sat on my shoulder for six years only to be slowly murdered by individuals who did not want her suspected Savannah lineage to be known or accounted for in her rightful home.
Well, that sounds like an interesting story!
For 6 years huh? Did you develop any scoliosis from the 3 pound bestie or did she swap shoulders? Sure sorry to hear of her death, were the murderers brought to justice? So many questions need to be answered!
@@BM205 yes it was leaning more on one side from where she used to sit, but no scoliosis🤠I had a lot of small scratch marks on one side that I still miss But I credit her also with keeping me in shape too without having to go to the gym. Her murderers as far as I know are still out there and remain licensed in the animal care professions. I am on the low income side of life and trying to keep up with other things like go fund me isn’t as easy as it can be for more experienced scam artists at times. It seems like the more corrupt, the more they know how to work the system and delay the process. I really just want my life back where it changed in 2019 then got endlessly delayed in the courts during COVID. I can’t believe that their shelter was safer than the home they’d been in while we waited for trial during a pandemic either. I don’t want the people involved to ever work with a badge, a gun, or an animal again but I just can’t seem to get enough support for companion animal rights standing next to all these COVID victims at first then war etc... sorry to vent but it hasn’t been easy here without them and I don’t think it ever will be alright.
@@MonsterMacLLC hey I'm truly sorry you lost your furry friend. I love animals of all shapes and sizes and I have so much more respect and things in common with them than I do for most humans. We have a small farm and my sister, my wife and I take in all the rescues we can. A year ago we took a horse found at a meth dealers house that had been beaten so badly he would shake when you came near him and so starved he was very near death. Showing that horse (Cowboy) I wasn't an enemy and I wanted to help him and show him love and compassion was a long hard process. I'm no horseman that's for sure but earning his trust and showing him he was family is an accomplishment I'll always be happy and blessed to have achieved. Watching him with my lil girls while the sun was sitting the other day was so beautiful it brought a tear to my eye. A person who abuses animals is someone who don't wanna see me coming. When I was a young man I did some jail time for putting a man's eye out for shootin my dog and I'd do it again. I try to live a Christian life but Lord help me I get MAD when any animal is abused and I jus can't control myself and I'm a big fella. Again I'm sorry ya lost your friend and I'm sorry cause it sounded like it shoulda never happened. I hope you always remember the good times you were blessed with and I hope someday when the times right another friend will come along and fill your heart with joy. From an ol Alabama country boy, y'all stay safe and God bless.
great story to write about. i didnt realize the Apache were still around and free up till the 1930s. i always thought Geronimo and his group were the last hold outs.
It's a fascinating, obscure piece of history! Thanks for watching. Be sure to check out my books on Amazon (the link is in the pinned comment).
Actually evidence shows 1990s now
1990s, 30 years ago. Where did you read that story, or find the evidence. Do you have a link you can post?
Absolutely loved the first two books. Can’t wait until May and can get the third.
Thanks!
I c movie deals in your future Max! You also have a very nice clear speaking voice. Well presented.
It's an honor to hear about your stories!
@@maurairish8870 thank you, and I hope so!
Thank You for sharing ❣️
Thanks for watching and reading!
Awesome story my brother, look forward to more.
Thank you! I'm about to launch a TH-cam series on Texas mysteries and legends. YOu can get my book on Amazon (the link is in the pinned comment).
My grandmother with her family lived in Oklahoma in a sod house. One day two indian men and one woman came begging for food. My great grandmother was scared and just motioned to them to the fields. There they ate pumpkin and travelled on with horse pulling a wood frame in which to woman road. This may have been late 1890s.
That's fascinating! Especially the detail about eating pumpkin. Be sure to check out my book on Amazon (the link is in the pinned comment).
Thanks for the fantastic video.
Enjoyed it 😁
Thank you for watching and commenting! Be sure to check out my books on Amazon (the link is in the pinned comment).
Beautiful images
Thanks!
I love to read, so I will be looking into getting these books. Thank you
P.S. I just subscribed and hit the bell. History is my favorite subject.
Thank you very much! Please let me know what you think of the books when you start reading them.
@@maxmcnabb yes, I will. I have surgery for my eyes coming up, one in Sept and the other in Oct. By then our store should be reopened and I'll be back to work, so funds will loosen up.
@@sandidavis820 I hope your surgery goes well and you have a speedy recovery!
Thankyou so much for this story I will b ordering those books.
Thank you very much! You can order at Amazon (the link is in the pinned comment).
Last I checked the Apaches are free. They are free to live where ever they want, free to work where ever they want, free to go to school and college. Free to drive, free to drink, and the US govt many times gives them money to do all of this.
Nowhere in the video do I make a commentary on modern times. I'm talking about history. The Apache scouts who helped the U.S. track down Geronimo were betrayed by the U.S. military and shipped to prison in Florida, where Apaches died of fever and heartbreak. Does that sound like freedom to you?
Not free in spirit and to roam in there own country like there ancestors
My family moved to Arizona from California in 1895. Did alot of trading and made friends with the Apache/Yavapai. Went to school together at Mingus mountain high school in Jerome. Super good people. Have a cousin who's half Apache. Sedona, Prescott, cottonwood, camp Verde, Jerome, prescott valley, cordes junction, Have a whole room full of baskets, pottery and grinding stones from the late 1500s to late 1800s. Beautiful peices the smithsonian wishes it had. Anyways most were good, moral correct and down to earth, good hearted people.
Jerome is a cool town! Thanks for watching and commenting. Be sure to check out my books on Amazon (the link is in the pinned comment).
Well done. It sounds great. Please get it on to talking books ! I paint and listen to books at the same time. Sitting down to read makes me too inert and restless. I think it’s Audible that will do it. You describe the process of creative writing very truly. I have so many books on all subjects. The art books are almost all I ever buy if the reproductions of the paintings are top quality. Your book and photos sounds amazing. Congratulations
Thank you! Still considering doing an audiobook version, but that's an extremely difficult process.
Wow. My dad was born in Fisher county, raised in Rotan. The family was cotton farmers. His mom (my grandmother) told me stories about the Indians kidnapping ranchers kids. I thought she had her time frame mixed up and was telling stories from her parents or grandparents, who had to hold their funerals from "the fever" at nighttime, to avoid Indian raiders. The burials were held far outside of town at that time, according to her, to reduce the spread of "the fever".
Did your dad or grandmother ever mention anything about the Spider Rock treasure or lost treasure in general? Rotan is an important location in connection to the Spider Rock legend.
@@maxmcnabb Not that I recall. Grandma mentioned The Double Mountains a lot. She said there was lots of snakes up there.
That's how Quanah Parker's mother was "discovered" by the Comanches who raided the family compound and took her and her brother and a few other captives. Most of them were ransomed off. Her brother was taken back as a teenager but his own family couldn't handle him. His sister grew to adulthood and had 3 kids with a Comanche chief.
@@TedH71, Quannah and Cynthia Ann's stories are fascinating!
Are you saying Rotan TX? My father's family is from there. Southern and House were last names.
They should not have killed the mom and kidnapped the boy. They could have taken Delores back and she would have been happier. The girl was injured, the man saved her.
Depending on the injury location and how it healed she could have had difficulty walking. That would have made it much more dangerous for her to travel with them.
I bet there is more to the story.
Wow.. Very Nice.. Thank You..
My great grandma was kidnapped by mescaleros around 1901, but was eventually bought and sold back to her family.
That's fascinating! Thanks for watching and reading.
Dear Max,, as soon as I began to Listen to this , I knew I was completely “HOOKED”. I would like to obtain the trilogy signed by you, I suspect they will be of great value someday,, you Sir are the Very rare REAL DEAL,, thanks,
Thank you, John! I very much appreciate that. The third book of the trilogy will be released in late May. If you'll send me an email, we can work out the details on getting signed copies to you. My email address is flatlandmax@gmail.com
I will get my daughter to help me with placing an order soon,,
Excellent job
Thank you!
At least they raised them and didn't kill them on the spot. LIFE is Good.
Great job!
Thanks!
Thanks I loved this. I am part native. Love to hear everything like this. Thanks
Thank you for watching and reading!
Wow, very interesting! Looking forward to this read
Thank you! You can get my book on Amazon (the link is in the pinned comment).
That was a great story ill be wating for more and thanks for the hard work, SUBSCRIBED.
Thanks for watching and reading!
I'm glad they made 2 movies about 2 famous renegade Apache leaders geronimo and chocise
Great video!!!
Thank you! Be sure to check out my books on Amazon (the link is in the pinned comment).
Your a well spoken man , good on ya mate 👍 Cheers from Australia Regards Dan 👍
Thanks! Best wishes to you over there in Australia--it seems like y'all have had to endure a crazy couple of years.
@@maxmcnabb bloody hell yeah , one month the Country was ablaze and the next we where geared up like Doctors getting ready for an operation . Keep up the good work mate 👍 . If you do the audiobook please get a shela to do the Female parts , a lot of audiobooks are runed by bloke's doing shelas voices .
@@danielsmith5023, I agree--all female characters must be voiced by a sheila. No compromise on that, haha.
@@maxmcnabb when are you going to do another video mate 👍
@@danielsmith5023, I've got the script ready for a video about the most famous ghost story in Texas history. It's a fascinating story about a man who was scalped by Comanches while temporarily paralyzed. Should have it ready in a week or two, and it'll be the first in a series of videos on Texas mysteries and legends. Thanks for the interest!
Can you find the ruins of my father's ancestral home in New Mexico? My great grandfather's grave is there among the ruins of the old stone house. His name is Nabor Aragon, and there was a headstone made of sandstone with his name on it atop his stacked stone grave.
Sounds like a fascinating place. What part of New Mexico?
@@maxmcnabb I am guessing maybe somewhere between Santa Rosa and Santa Fe, but I couldn't tell you for sure, because I was a child and my dad drove us there in their brand new 1955 Ford, four door, Customline.
We drove for hours just to find a ranch house that we could just barely see in the far off distance before we had to turn right onto a farm type road just to drive for awhile just to reach it.
Then, when we finally got to it, a little girl with green eyes who was sitting on a ranch fence that closely surrounded the ranch house looked at my dad who had pulled up with his driver's side window just a couple of feet from her said to him, "yes mam?"
I remember thinking, "oh my God, this little girl has never even seen another human being in her lifetime."
Then, the rancher came out, talked to my dad for a bit, and then just past the house, he opened a ranch gate and directed my dad to drive farther on cross country "for several miles. Keep the draw on your left for about half way, then cross the draw to the left and stay on the left side of it for a bit, then cross back over to the right when you come to another low opening, and then after awhile, you you should come across the ruins of a stone house with no roof and the grave (my great grandfather's grave)."
When I was working at a nightclub in Concord, California, I was talking to the main two singers in the house band that featured a couple of young singers named David Frizzell and Shelly West about my Grandmother in Oklahoma from my mother's side whom I was told was in a rest home, because she had become too feeble to live at home, and I told them about her, and about my childhood experience in New Mexico, and finding my dad's home there where the ruins are, and after hearing Shelly mention she would like to live in Los Angeles, I told them how I had been raised in Los Angeles and what it would be like for her there, and how our next door neighbors in Rolling Hills Highlands (San Pedro) had a calico cat.
Later, the song "You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma" came out based on our entire conversation that quiet afternoon.
It was early evening, and the club was still empty before it filled to capacity, and while I was trying to sneak a drink from the bar soda dispenser at the bar way in the back of the club farthest away from the stage, they saw me, and said "this song's for Ron up at the bar," and proceeded to sing "you're the reason God made Oklahoma," to me, "for the very first time on stage or anywhere ever," they told me over the stage microphone. th-cam.com/video/0FLazzoGQM4/w-d-xo.html
@@ronaragon748 That's awesome!
Name reminds me of the name Corporal Randolph Agarn
Why not use google earth???
respect and honours to all the first nation people
Thanks for watching and reading!
I've been up in the sierra by a little pueblo called Colonia Morelos in Sonora mx. I always imagine the Apache running around there and always wondered where the canon de emudos and their rancherias were hidden. Found a old rusted pistol by a old corral, gave it to a boy in town.
That's awesome! Colonia Morelos is mentioned in my trilogy. Thanks for watching! Be sure to check out my books on Amazon (the link is in the pinned comment).
Nice to meet you .....you kinda sound like Kevin Costner when you talk ! Will order your trilogy - love stories like that .
Thank you! There's a link to my books in the pinned comment. Be sure to let me know what you think of the books!
Wow the books sound good ! And this video is cool as hell
Thank you! Very much appreciated. Please check out my book on Amazon.
John Russel was the character in the movie hombre , that image of the young boy with apaches is shown at end credits , I read somewhere they were Irish immigrant family .
My books were inspired by the true story of the kidnapping of the son of Sonoran rancher Francisco Fimbres, but I changed character names and compressed the time frame of events to better suit a novel. John Russell McKenna's name was chosen as an homage to the Elmore Leonard novel that the Newman movie is based on... The kidnapping really did occur in 1926, and the last free Apaches really did live in hiding into the 1930s, and much of the most dramatic scenes in the novels occurred as I've portrayed them. But I use the term "inspired by," rather than "based on," because I'm not writing nonfiction.
@@maxmcnabb it's a great tale , keep up the good work !
Your books sound very interesting. I grew up watching old westerns on TV as a child and always carried with me an interest in the American west, especially true stories. By the way, I have an English friend who also has the same interest, his surname is Nabbs, I am wondering if the English name Nabbs and McNabb come from the same origin, McNabb being from the Scottish side. He tells me there were many 'Nabbs' in the beautiful English town of Hastings on England's South coast (historically famous for 1066). English history is another of my favourite subjects.
Thank you! That's very interesting about your English friend. I know that McNabb means Son of the Abbott, so I bet the names have the same origin.
@@maxmcnabb Just a point of interest for you maybe. There was a Princess Ebba (also known as Princess Abb) who lived in Northumbria (Northumberland) in the North East of England. She founded a convent in the seventh century at a place which came to be called 'Abb's Head', on the North Sea coast. Abb's Head is in Scotland and is just 12 miles from her place of origin in Northumbria, England. The convent was later attacked by Vikings who killed all the nuns including the Princess. The convent was finally burned down in the ninth century by Norsemen. There is a fishing village nearby Abb's Head called St. Abb's which is also in Scotland just near the border of England. I'm not sure if this is interesting to you, but it may be related to the name. Just one other point of interest, the Princess was afraid that she and all of the nuns would be taken as slaves and raped by the Vikings, so she cut off her lips and told all of the nuns to do the same, which they all did. It's a very sad story, but I hope that you find it interesting. You mentioned Son of the Abbot. One meaning of Abbot is the superior or head of a monastery. A possible coincidence maybe, or maybe not.
@@junosugi7466 That's fascinating! Someday I want to visit the village near Loch Tay in Scotland where the McNabbs lived. Now I've got to be sure to check out Abb's Head as well! Thank you for sharing. You've got a true depth of knowledge about history.
Imma add a comment just to add one so there's no more void
John Russel , that's the name of the character played by Paul Newman ,in the movie HOMBRE, other than that is there any line between the two ?
The books were inspired by the true story of the kidnapping of the son of Sonoran rancher Francisco Fimbres, but I changed character names and compressed the time frame of events to better suit a novel. John Russell McKenna's name was chosen as an homage to the Elmore Leonard novel that the Newman movie is based on... The kidnapping really did occur in 1926, and the last free Apaches really did live in hiding into the 1930s, and much of the most dramatic scenes in the novels occurred as I've portrayed them. But I use the term "inspired by," rather than "based on," because I'm not writing nonfiction.
The picture of the little boy instantly caught my attention as being shown on the movie Hombre. My favorite and most watched movie growing up and even now. I will read your books! Love your post.
@@robertsurratt4062 , thank you! You'll enjoy my book if you loved Hombre.
already seen "Hombre" as a proud
Veteran and a enrolled tribal member
of the Ft.Peck Assiniboine & Sioux.
I applaud the effort you put forth.
Hokahe'! and SEMPER FI.
@@biggusdickus5807, thank you!
I hope it becomes a movie.
Me too. My book could be very easily adapted into a screenplay!
Ever read about Texas Ranger George Durham?
Nueces Strip era...even a movie about him. I should be workin, but got distracted. Went to Tech. Still finding red sand... ")
I haven't, but I'll definitely read up on him now!
Already sounds like a great movie.
Thank you! My book could easily be adapted for a movie. Get your copy on Amazon (the link is in the pinned comment).
I needed to stumble into this video.
Awesome! Thanks for watching. Be sure to check out my books on Amazon (the link is in the pinned comment).
That cover art is bone-chilling!
Thanks! I think they're very compelling images.
I wish I could afford these. The story is so intersting.
Will this come out on Audible?
I drive truck & would love to listen as I am a history buff.
I'll likely do an audiobook version soon! Thanks for the interest. I'm also going to start a series of TH-cam videos on Texas/southwestern mysteries and legends, so be sure to subscribe to my channel.
Thank you.
Thank you!
I wish that this trilogy was available on audible.
BEAUTIFUL
Thank you! Be sure to check out my book on Amazon (the link is in the pinned comment).
Damn good job your doing in your history of this nation hard work always prospers
Thank you! Much appreciated, and I hope that's still true about hard work. I'd like to think that the cream always rises to the top eventually, but these times are strange that we're living in.
didn't know there were free Indians in1926, awesome, thank you
Thanks for watching and reading!
" Living In Freedom " .
And keeping true to the old ways.
Lubbock TX home sweet home !
Thanks for watching and reading!
Good job keep it up
Thanks!
"Sometimes Naivety serves you better than Courage" ~ I look so forward to reading your exciting trilogy!!!
Thank you very much! Be sure to let me know what you think about the books when you've read them.
You should look into my 7th great grandfather…… Robert M Jones. He was mix breed Choctaw. He was voted President of the Choctaw and creek nations in the later 1800’s. He was on the trail of tears to Oklahoma, became and multimillionaire and owned hundreds of slaves . May have been murdered by his Dr. ( who was having an affair with us wife ) .
That's fascinating. Thanks for watching and reading!
Paul Newman played John Russell in the movie hombre
My books were inspired by the true story of the kidnapping of the son of Sonoran rancher Francisco Fimbres, but I changed character names and compressed the time frame of events to better suit a novel. John Russell McKenna's name was chosen as an homage to the Elmore Leonard novel that the Newman movie is based on... The kidnapping really did occur in 1926, and the last free Apaches really did live in hiding into the 1930s, and much of the most dramatic scenes in the novels occurred as I've portrayed them. But I use the term "inspired by," rather than "based on," because I'm not writing nonfiction.
Fascinating! Thanks!
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The Seminole Indian tribe is the only North American native tribe to never be defeated by the United States Army
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I have a list of three books to read this summer and you have a new sub...
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I just ordered Books 1 and 2 from Amazon. Can't wait to read. When will Book 3 Sky Burial be available?
Thank you very much! Sky Burial, book three, will be available at the end of May. I'm in the process of readying it for production as we speak. Be sure to let me know what you think of the books!
@@maxmcnabb I received Books 1 and 2 today. I have a glass of wine and am ready to spend the next few hours engrossed in the richness of literature.
@@lindanolan1447 Awesome! Thanks so much.
My wifes maiden name is fimbres! I wonder if they are related. My wife ancestry is 35% native and she very much so looks native. Ill habe to check and with her if they know this story! Not many fimbres. They grew up in Chihuahua mexico and had encounters with apaches. They were also ranchers!
So I just confirmed with my wife that the character you speak of frinasico fimbres IS indeed my wife's great grand father. She said the apache killed Francisco's fimbres sister. Which one happened first who knows. I'm supposing Francisco took in the little girl but the apache didn't like that so they killed his sister? Who knows!???
@@deltaXna That's awesome! Does your wife have any family photos of the Fimbres or know any more stories? I would love to hear more.
The picture with the boy in rags was used at the end of Paul Newmans Hombre.
Also listen to By the dawns early light, an album by Harold Budd
"The Photo of Santiago McKinn" by Budd is a powerful song.
This would make a great movie. It could be called 'Blue Mountains.'
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Did this inspire the movie hombre with Paul Newman?
The books were inspired by the true story of the kidnapping of the son of Sonoran rancher Francisco Fimbres, but I changed character names and compressed the time frame of events to better suit a novel. John Russell McKenna's name was chosen as an homage to the Elmore Leonard novel that the Newman movie is based on... The kidnapping really did occur in 1926, and the last free Apaches really did live in hiding into the 1930s, and much of the most dramatic scenes in the novels occurred as I've portrayed them. But I use the term "inspired by," rather than "based on," because I'm not writing nonfiction.
Surprised you don't upload more videos about this story or similar stories.
I'm about to start a series of videos on Texas mysteries and legends, all things spooky and unexplained, especially with a Texas or southwestern connection. First one should be released in the next couple of weeks. Thanks for the interest! Be sure to check out my books on Amazon (the link is in the pinned comment).
@@maxmcnabb awesome very interesting topics. Will drop a sub
I like this guy just by the way he narrates. His words (in speech) are carefully selected. I am sure his writing details are similar. I am ordering his trilogy! Maybe, someday I can help my own beloved author to complete his trilogy. And maybe, one day, to write my own.
Thank you very much! That's very kind of you. I'm going to be doing a series of videos on Texas mysteries and legends very soon, so be sure to subscribe to my channel. And let me know what you think of the books!
Good stuff
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There was a autobiography written in the 1950’s by an Apache who claimed they were still there at the time.
Mention that
Hombre is a 1967 American Revisionist Western film directed by Martin Ritt, based on the 1961 novel of the same name by Elmore Leonard and starring Paul Newman.
same story, with artistic revisions
No, not the same story at all. I love the Leonard novel and the Newman adaptation, and John Russell McKenna's name was chosen as an homage. But Leonard's novel was entirely fictional. My novel was inspired by the real kidnapping of the son of Sonoran rancher Francisco Fimbres. I'm writing fiction, so I changed names and compressed the timeframe to better suit a novel than a straight nonfiction telling. My novel Far Blue Mountains has a cover image of Apache captive Santiago McKinn, which was also used in the end credits of Hombre the film.
So true!! My brother taught his students how to teach themselves to write; pick up "Wednesdays With Frank".
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My brothers father is a Cora from the Sierra madre. Or was. He passed.
I bet he had some fascinating stories about the sierras!
VERY NICE!!! 🥰👍
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Amazing history, so near we can taste it.
So recent, we have photos as if it were WW2.
Captivating life stories that say; You, I, and we have life in the palm of our hands. Grocery stores, plumbing, A/C and yet we complain.
McM. Is the past-today.
Good day Max. My name is Maggie. My mother is a McNabb. I'm not sure if we're related. I'd have to look into this. Although I appreciate your way of thinking and your style of writing.🤠💖🇨🇦
Hi, Maggie. Was your mother's family from Texas? Thanks for watching and reading!
On your books
do you have any plans to make these in audio versions? I am almost done with the second book, I prefer audio books.
I'd like to make an audio version, but time and money will have to dictate whether that happens. Thanks so much for being a reader! I deeply appreciate it.
this is powerful
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Wow Incredible
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I'm a writer. But for me it came easy. It's the perfecting of the polish that takes time.
This is a great idea.
The time-consuming part is in trying to make each sentence as strong as you can make it!
The photo is said to be from 1886
The photo on the cover of Far Blue Mountains is of Santiago McKinn, who was taken captive by Geronimo's band in 1886, and the image was taken by Tombstone photographer C. S. Fly. The image on Deathsong is by Edward Curtis, and it shows Apache crown dancers dressed as the Mountain Spirits.
I wish they were still free to walk the land wherever they choose... I wish I could be that free. They should never have killed anyone. That's where they made their mistake. Blood for blood is a cycle that only ends in death for all...