Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-355) and index.
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.
Summary:
Tells the story of Cynthia Ann Parker and her mixed-blood son Quanah, who became the last and greatest chief of the Comanches, and describes how the Comanches, masterful at horsemanship and war, stopped the northern drive of colonial Spain and the westward expansion of the French, and held back the American frontier.
Indexed by:
Library Journal, February 2010 Publisher's Weekly, February 2010 Booklist, April 2010 New York Times, June 2010 Kirkus Review, February 2010
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