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23%OFFS. C. Gwynne - Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History - 9781849017039 - V9781849017039
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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

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Description for Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History Paperback. The New York Times bestselling history of the Comanches in the tradition of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. Num Pages: 496 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 33. Weight in Grams: 420.
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. ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
415 g
Number of Pages
496
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849017039
SKU
V9781849017039
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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
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99-99

About S. C. Gwynne
S.C. Gwynne is an award-winning journalist who worked for Time from 1988 to 2000. His work has also appeared in The New York Times, and Harper's Magazine. He lives in Austin, Texas.

Reviews for Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
... an unashamedly exciting narrative of the American West.
Sunday Times
Gwynne has set out to write a western epic, and his narrative is enormously entertaining, but it is hard to discern a coherent historical thesis.
London Review of Books
Excellent.
Sunday Times
In this sweeping work, S.C. Gwynne recreates the Comanche's lost world ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History


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