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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

byS. C. Gwynne

Empire of the Summer Moon examines quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History, combining S. C. Gwynne's clear narrative with the perspective of a biographical portrait. By tracing causes alongside consequences, the narrative gives readers both a grounded account and a route into the connected fields of biography & autobiography and history. The result avoids a single easy lesson, emphasizing instead how circumstances, institutions, and individual choices interacted over time. Empire of the Summer Moon leaves readers with key context and a clear view of the human stakes involved.

Publisher

Scribner

Publication date

2010

Format

Print edition

Pages

371

ISBN

9781416591061