Empire of the summer moon : Quanah Parker and the rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful Indian tribe in American history
(2010)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
978.00497/GWYNNE,S

1 Hold on 1 Copy

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Details

PUBLISHED
New York : Scribner, ©2010
EDITION
First Scribner hardcover edition
DESCRIPTION

viii, 371 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9781416591054, 1416591052 :, 1416591052, 9781416591054
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

The eight unnumbered pages of plates contain 18 black and white photos, primarily portraits, and is found between pages 150 and 151

Paperback edition includes additional reading group guide on unnumbered pages 372-374

"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

Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction finalist, 2011

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