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Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
For more than 150 years, the Comanche of the Southwest were ferocious raiders who struck terror into the hearts of the plains tribes, Mexican villagers, and frontier settlers. Provided here is a revealing look at the motivation, tactics, weapons, and legend of the nomadic Native Americans known as the 'Lords of the Southern Plains.'
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Language
English
Description
"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. S.C. Gwynne's 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 entails one...
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