Screen LibraryEmpire of the summer moon：Quanah Parker and the rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful Indian tribe in American history
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Scribner,
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| Publisher Address: | New York |
| Publication Dates: | c2010. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | viii, 371 p., [8] p. of plates: ill., map ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781416591054 (hbk.) 1416591052 9781416597155 (ebook) 1416597158 (ebook) 9781416591061 (pbk.) 1416591060 (pbk.) |
| Index Number: | K712 |
| CLC: | K712.8 |
| Call Number: | K712.8/G995 |
| Contents: |
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. Describes the actions of both whites and Comanches during a 40-year war over territory, in a story that begins with the kidnapping of a white girl, who grew up to marry a Comanche chief and have a son, Quanah, who became a great warrior. |