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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.

Publication Info. New York : Scribner, [2010]
©2010

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  978.0049 GWYNNE    Check Shelf
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  978.0049 GWYNNE    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  978.004 GWYNNE    DUE 03-20-24
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  BIOG. PARKER, Q.    Storage
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  978.0049 GWY    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  978.0049 GWYNNE    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  978.004 GWY    DUE 05-15-23 Billed
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  978.0049 GWY    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  978.004 G c.2  Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Wickham Branch Library - Adult Department  978.004 GWYNNE    Check Shelf

Edition First Scribner hardcover edition.
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 -- 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.
ISBN 9781416591054 hardcover
1416591052 hardcover
9781416591061 paperback
1416591060 paperback
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