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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  Cover Image Book Book

Empire of the summer moon : Quanah Parker and the rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful Indian tribe in American history

Summary: 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.

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  • ISBN: 9781416591054
  • ISBN: 1416591052
  • ISBN: 9781416597155 (ebook)
  • ISBN: 1416597158 (ebook)
  • ISBN: 9781416591061 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 1416591060 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: print
    viii, 371 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
  • Edition: First Scribner trade paperback edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Scribner, c2010.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-355) and index.
Formatted 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 -- 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.
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

Available copies

  • 2 of 3 copies available at Northwest Indian College.

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  • 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lummi Library BIO PARK GWYN 2011 285179 Biography Available -
Lummi Library BIO PARK GWYN 2011 289698 Biography Available -
Lummi Library E 99 .C85 P3835 2010 278406 Biography Checked out 05/27/2014

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