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His memoir, fast-paced and compelling, tells of his arduous initial years with the Apache as he underwent a sometimes torturous initiation into Indian life.!
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Frederick Lehmann and his son
A carte-de-visite portrait of the British businessman and Liberal politician Frederick Lehmann (1836-1891), seen here with his eldest son Rudolf Chambers Lehmann (1856-1929).
(Augustus) Frederick Lehmann, FRGS, was a British businessman and Liberal Party politician. He was born in Hamburg, the son of painter Leo Lehmann of Hamburg, who numbered Liszt and Ingres among his friends. His brothers were the artists Henri Lehmann and Rudolf Lehmann.
Lehmann stood unsuccessfully for parliament at Middlesex in 1874 and Waterford in 1877.
He was elected as the MP for Evesham at a by-election in July 1880, by a majority of only two votes.
Buy the book Nine Years Among the Indians, The Story of the Captivity and Life of a Texan Among the Indians by herman lehmann at Indigo.However, a petition was lodged and the result voided. Scrutiny of the votes led to his opponent Frederick Dixon-Hartland being declared the winner in January 1881, with a majority of only one vote.
Lehmann married Nina Chambers, daughter of Dr Robert Chambers of Edinburgh.
Their social circle included Charles Dickens