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.
- 1st Scribner hardcover ed.
- New York : Scribner, 2010.
- viii, 371 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 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.
9781416591054 (hardcover) 1416591052 (hardcover)
2009049747
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.