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Author:

Gwynne, S. C. (Samuel C.), 1953-

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.

Edition:

1st Scribner hardcover ed.

Publisher:

Scribner,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

viii, 371 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Subject:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-355) 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.

ISBN:

1416591060 (pbk.)
9781416591061 (pbk.)
1416591052 (hardcover)
9781416591054 (hardcover)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)424555364

LCCN:

2009049747

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