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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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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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eng

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historybiography

Main title

Empire of the summer moon

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compact disc

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951950475

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S.C. Gwynne

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Quanah Parker and the rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful Indian tribe in American history

Summary

A history of the 40-year battle between the Comanche Indians and white settlers, centering on the Comanche chief QuanahThe compelling drama of Cynthia Ann Parker, a lovely nine-year-old girl with cornflower-blue eyes who was kidnapped by Comanches from the far Texas frontier in 1836. She grew to love her captors and became infamous as the White Squaw who refused to return until her tragic capture by Texas Rangers in 1860. More famous still was her son Quanah, a warrior who was never defeated and whose guerrilla wars in the Texas Panhandle made him a legend

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