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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. |
| Authors: | Gwynne, S. C. (Samuel C.), 1953- |
| Call number: | 970.3 GWY |
| Publisher: | New York : Scribner, 2010. |
| Publication date: | 2010. |
| Subject: |
Comanche Indians -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
Comanche Indians -- Wars. Comanche Indians -- History. Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) Parker, Quanah, 1845?-1911. West (U.S.) -- History -- 1848-1860. West (U.S.) -- History -- 1860-1890. West (U.S.) -- History -- 1890-1945. West (U.S.) -- Race relations. |
| 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. |
| Physical description: | viii, 371 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm. |
| Contents note: | 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 -- Peac, 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. |
| Biography note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-355) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781416591054 (hardcover) 1416591052 (hardcover) 9781416591061 (pbk.) 1416591060 (pbk.) |
| LCCN: | 2009049747 |
| Url for this record: | http://sherloc.imcpl.org/?itemid=|library/marc/dynix|1245724 |
| Bib No.: | 1245724 |
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