Description
Product ID: | 9781849017039 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Empire of the Summer Moon |
Subtitle: | Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History |
Authors: | Author: S.C. Gwynne |
Page Count: | 496 |
Subjects: | History of the Americas, History of the Americas, History, Social and cultural history, Indigenous peoples, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Social & cultural history, Indigenous peoples, Western & Pacific Coast states, c 1800 to c 1900 |
Description: | Select Guide Rating The New York Times bestselling history of the Comanches in the tradition of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. 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. 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 is 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. |
Imprint Name: | Constable |
Publisher Name: | Little, Brown Book Group |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2011-07-07 |