Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American HistoryIn the tradition of "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee," Gwynne presents a stunningly vivid historical account of the 40-year battle between Comanche Indians and white settlers for control of the American West, centering on Quanah, the greatest Comanche chief of them all. |
Contents
One A NEW KIND OF WAR | 1 |
Three WORLDS IN COLLISION | 23 |
Four HIGH LONESOME | 36 |
Five THE WOLFS HOWL | 53 |
Six BLOOD AND SMOKE | 73 |
Seven DREAM VISIONS AND APOCALYPSE | 89 |
Eight WHITE SQUAW | 102 |
Nine CHASING THE WIND | 119 |
Fourteen UNCIVIL WARS | 207 |
Fifteen PEACE AND OTHER HORRORS | 222 |
Sixteen THE ANTICUSTER | 235 |
Seventeen MACKENZIE UNBOUND | 250 |
Nineteen THE RED RIVER WAR | 274 |
Twenty FORWARD IN DEFEAT | 288 |
Twentyone THIS WAS A MAN | 308 |
NOTES | 321 |
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