Empire of the summer moon : Quanah Parker and the rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful Indian tribe in American history / S.C. Gwynne.
Describes the actions of both whites and Comanches during a 40-year war over territory, in a story that begins with the kidnapping of a white girl, who grew up to marry a Comanche chief and have a son, Quanah, who became a great warrior.
Item details
- ISBN: 9781416591054
- ISBN: 1416591052
- ISBN: 9781416597155
- ISBN: 1416597158
- ISBN: 9781416591061
- ISBN: 1416591060
- Physical Description: viii, 371 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Edition: 1st Scribner hardcover ed.
- Publisher: New York : Scribner, ©2010.
Contents / Notes
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-355) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | A new kind of war -- A lethal paradise -- Worlds in collision -- High lonesome -- The wolf's howl -- Blood and smoke -- Dream visions and Apocalypse -- White squaw -- Chasing the wind -- Death's innocent face -- War to the knife -- White queen of the Comanches -- The rise of Quanah -- Uncivil wars -- Peace and other horrors -- The anti-Custer -- Mackenzie unbound -- The hide men and the messiah -- The Red River War -- Forward, in defeat -- This was a man -- Resting here until day breaks. |
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