04044cam a2200481 i 4500 623815370 TxAuBib 20150902120000.0 091124s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2009049747 9781416591054 1416591052 9781416591061 paperback 1416591060 paperback (OCoLC)424555364 DLC eng rda DLC BTCTA MOF YDXCP OCO C#P BWX ORX CDX VP@ UKM TXBOY TxAuBib rda Gwynne, S. C, 1953-, (Samuel C.) 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. First Scribner hardcover edition. New York : Scribner, 2010. viii, 371 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-355) and index. 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. Now in paperback, a stunningly vivid historical account of the forty-year battle between Comanche Indians and white settlers for control of the American West. 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, who was kidnapped by Comanches as a nine-year-old girl, and her mixed-blood son Quanah, who became the last and greatest chief of the Comanches. Although readers may be more familiar with the Apache and the Sioux, it was in fact the legendary fighting ability of the Comanches that determined when the American West opened up. Comanche boys became adept bareback riders by age six; full Comanche braves were considered the best horsemen who ever rode. They were so masterful at war that they stopped the northern drive of colonial Spain from Mexico and halted the French expansion westward from Louisiana. White settlers arriving in Texas from the eastern United States were surprised to find the frontier being rolled backward by Comanches incensed by the invasion of their tribal lands. The war with the Comanches lasted four decades, in effect holding up the development of the new American nation. Gwynne's exhilarating account delivers a sweeping narrative that encompasses Spanish colonialism, the Civil War, the destruction of the buffalo herds, the arrival of the railroads, and the amazing story of Cynthia Ann Parker and her son Quanah-a historical feast for anyone interested in how the United States came into being. Hailed by critics, Empire of the Summer Moon announces S. C. Gwynne as a major new writer of American history. Book jacket. 20150902. 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. Biographies. TXKPL