Empire of the summer moon Quanah Parker and the rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful Indian tribe in American history
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.
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Scribner,
c2010.
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| Edition: | 1st Scribner hardcover ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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.
