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Title:
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.
Author:
Gwynne, S. C. (Samuel C.), 1953-
Publication Information:
New York : Scribner, 2011

©2010
Call Number:
E99 .C85 P3835 2011
Abstract:
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.
Edition:
First Scribner trade paperback edition
ISBN:
9781416591061
Physical Description:
viii, 371 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 22 cm
General Note:
Reprint: Originally published: New York : Scribner, 2010.

Includes reading group guide.
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.
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