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.
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TextPublisher: New York : Scribner, 2010Edition: 1st Scribner hardcover edDescription: viii, 371 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cmISBN: 9781416591054 (hardcover); 1416591052 (hardcover)Subject(s): 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 relationsDDC classification: 978.004/974572 | B LOC classification: E99.C85 | P3835 2010| Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| 978 VEST Mountain men ... | 978 VIOL Exploring the West / | 978 WILD The Wild west / | 978.004 GWYN Empire of the summer moon : | 978.02 Wome Women's diaries of the westward journey | 978.04975 Floo Lost bird of Wounded Knee | 978.2 SAND Crazy Horse, the strange man of the Oglalas : |
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.
The story of Quannah Parker, the last and greatest chief of the Comanches.
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