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Author Gwynne, S. C. (Samuel C.), 1953-

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 First Scribner hardcover edition.
Publication Info. New York : Scribner, 2010.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1451240~S1
Location Call No. Status
 95th Street Adult Biography  BIO PARKER    DUE 04-28-24
 Nichols Adult Biography  BIO PARKER    DUE 05-08-24
 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  BIO PARKER    DUE 01-18-24 BILLED
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Description viii, 371 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-355) and index.
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 -- 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.
Subject 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.
ISBN 9781416591061
9781416591054 (hardcover)
1416591052 (hardcover)
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