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

Publication: Scribner, 2010, New York

First edition, first printing. 8vo. Two-tone paper over boards, titles stamped in gold gilt on the spine, viii [2], 371 [2] pp., illustrated from photographs, portraits, notes, bibliography, index. This book was a Pulitzer Prize finalist and tells the story in two parts. The first traces the rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful tribe in American history. The second entails one of the most remarkable narratives ever to come out of the Old West: 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. As New in dust jacket.

Inventory Number: 52830