Empire 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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Label

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

Title remainder

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

Statement of responsibility

S.C. Gwynne

Creator

• Gwynne, S. C., (Samuel C.), 1953-

Subject

• Comanche Indians -- Kings and rulers -- Biography
• Comanche Indians -- Wars
• Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)
• Parker, Quanah, 1845?-1911
• West (U.S.) -- History -- 1848-1860
• Comanche Indians -- History
• West (U.S.) -- History -- 1890-1945
• West (U.S.) -- Race relations
• West (U.S.) -- History -- 1860-1890

Genre

• Biography

Language

eng

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

Biography type

individual biography

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

• 978.004/974572
• B

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps
• plates

Index

index present

LC call number

E99.C85

LC item number

P3835 2010

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography