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BL
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| Record Number
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687719
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b509908
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| Main Entry
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Gwynne, S. C., (Samuel C.),1953-
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| Title & Author
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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
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| Edition Statement
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1st Scribner hardcover ed
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Scribner,, [2010]
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, ©2010
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| Page. NO
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viii, 371 pages, [8] pages of plates :: illustrations, map, portraits ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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1416591052
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: 1416591060
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: 1416597158
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: 9781416591054
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: 9781416591061
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: 9781416597155
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-355) and index
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| Contents
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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
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| Abstract
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Describes the actions of both whites and Comanches during a 40-year war over territory, in a story that begins with the kidnapping of a white girl, who grew up to marry a Comanche chief and have a son, Quanah, who became a great warrior
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Parker, Quanah,1845?-1911
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Comanche Indians-- History
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Comanche Indians-- Kings and rulers, Biography
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Comanche Indians-- Wars
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Frontier and pioneer life-- West (U.S.)
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West (U.S.), History, 1848-1860
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West (U.S.), History, 1860-1890
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West (U.S.), History, 1890-1945
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West (U.S.), Race relations
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| Dewey Classification
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978.004/974572B
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| LC Classification
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E99.C85P3835 2010
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