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Empire of the summer moon : Quanah Parker and the rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful Indian tribe in American history
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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 ...
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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- Creator
- S.C. Gwynne
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First Scribner hardcover edition
- New York : Scribner, [2010]
- ©2010
- Physical Details
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- viii, 371 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781416591054, 1416591052, 9781416597155, 1416597158, 9781416591061, 1416591060
- OCLC
- ocn424555364
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-355) and index.
- 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
Subjects
- Parker, Quanah, 1845?-1911.
- Comanche Indians -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
- Comanche Indians -- Wars.
- Comanche Indians -- History.
- Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)
- West (U.S.) -- History -- 1848-1860.
- West (U.S.) -- History -- 1860-1890.
- West (U.S.) -- History -- 1890-1945.
- West (U.S.) -- Race relations.