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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 / S.C. Gwynne.

By: Publication details: New York : Scribner, c2010.Edition: 1st Scribner hardcover edDescription: viii, 371 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781416591054
  • 9781416597155 (ebook)
  • 9781416591061 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 978.004/974572 B 22
LOC classification:
  • E99.C85 P3835 2010
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.
Awards:
  • New York Times Notable Book, 2010.

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.

New York Times Notable Book, 2010.

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