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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
- 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.
- Author
- Gwynne, S. C. (Samuel C.), 1953-
- Publication
- New York : Scribner, ©2010.
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Details
- Description
- viii, 371 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map; 24 cm
- Summary
- "In the tradition of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, a stunningly vivid historical account of the forty-year battle between Comanche Indians and white settlers for control of the American West, centering on Quanah, the greatest Comanche chief of them all. S.C. Gwynne's Empire of the Summer Moon spans two astonishing stories. The first traces the rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful Indian tribe in American history. The second entails one of the most remarkable narratives ever to come out of the Old West: the epic saga of the pioneer woman Cynthia Ann Parker and her mixed-blood son Quanah, who became the last and greatest chief of the Comanches"--Publisher's website.
- Alternative Title
- Quanah Parker and the rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful Indian tribe in American history
- Subject
- Parker, Quanah, 1845?-1911
- 1848-1945
- Comanche Indians > Kings and rulers > Biography
- Comanche Indians > Wars
- Comanche Indians > History
- Frontier and pioneer life > West (U.S.)
- Comanche Indians
- Comanche Indians > Kings and rulers
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Race relations
- West (U.S.) > History > 1848-1860
- West (U.S.) > History > 1860-1890
- West (U.S.) > History > 1890-1945
- West (U.S.) > Race relations
- West United States
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Biography.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-355) and index.
- Awards (note)
- Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction finalist, 2011.
- 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.
- Call Number
- JGE 10-434
- ISBN
- 9781416591054
- 1416591052
- 9781416591061
- 1416591060
- LCCN
- 2009049747
- OCLC
- 424555364
- 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.
- Imprint
- New York : Scribner, ©2010.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-355) and index.
- Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction finalist, 2011.
- Connect to:
- Chronological Term
- 1848-1945
- Research Call Number
- JGE 10-434