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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A stunning historical account of the battle between Comanche Indians and white settlers for control of the American West—-in the tradition of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. The New York Times - Bruce Barcott …Parker grew up to become the last and greatest chief of the Comanche, the tribe that ruled the Great Plains for most of the 19th century. That's his one-sentence biography. The deeper, richer story that unfolds in Empire of the Summer Moon is nothing short of a revelation. Gwynne…doesn't merely retell the story of Parker's life. He pulls his readers through an American frontier roiling with extreme violence, political intrigue, bravery, anguish, corruption, love, knives, rifles and arrows. Lots and lots of arrows. This book will leave dust and blood on your jeans.
One A NEW KIND OF WAR 1Two A LETHAL PARADISE 12Three WORLDS IN COLLISION 23Four HIGH LONESOME 36Five THE WOLF'S HOWL 53Six BLOOD AND SMOKE 73Seven DREAM VISIONS AND APOCALYPSE 89Eight WHITE SQUAW 102Nine CHASING THE WIND 119Ten DEATH'S INNOCENT FACE 128Eleven WAR TO THE KNIFE 151Twelve WHITE QUEEN OF THE COMANCHES 173Thirteen THE RISE OF QUANAH 194Fourteen UNCIVIL WARS 207Fifteen PEACE, AND OTHER HORRORS 222Sixteen THE ANTI-CUSTER 235Seventeen MACKENZIE UNBOUND 250Eighteen THE HIDE MEN AND THE MESSIAH 258Nineteen THE RED RIVER WAR 274Twenty FORWARD, IN DEFEAT 288Twenty-one THIS WAS A MAN 308Twenty-two RESTING HERE UNTIL DAY BREAKS 316NOTES 321BIBLIOGRAPHY 343INDEX 356
