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Author: Alfred Silver Publisher: ISBN: 9780345377005 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 452
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In the Canadian mountains of 1885, Gabriel Dumont and his wife Madelaine are leaders of the metis, the halfIndian culture of the plains. The Indians are starving and the war is rising.
Author: Alfred Silver Publisher: ISBN: 9780345377005 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 452
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In the Canadian mountains of 1885, Gabriel Dumont and his wife Madelaine are leaders of the metis, the halfIndian culture of the plains. The Indians are starving and the war is rising.
Author: Ernest Wallace Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press ISBN: 9780806120409 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 420
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Describes the way of life of the Comanches at the height of their power in the southern Plains and after their surrender to the U.S. military in 1875, up to the early twentieth century.
Author: Max Crawford Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press ISBN: 9780806129082 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 324
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The U.S. 2nd Cavalry rolls into Texas in the 1870s with orders to keep the peace and persuade the fierce Comanches to move quietly onto the reservation.
Author: Meredith I. Anderson Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781544723600 Category : Languages : en Pages : 128
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Comanche: A warrior race of people with a history longer than sand has passed through the hour glass of time. The nation's economy, like that of other plains Indian tribes, was based primarily on the buffalo; they were hunters and warriors of the first degree. They warred with everyone. By the middle of the eighteenth century they had taken up horse breeding and had herds numbering in the thousands. Their name, given to them by the Ute Indians from their word komantsi which means enemy. To the Anglo-American, Mexican and Spaniards of the day, the word Comanche was enough to instill terror in the hearts of every person on the Texas frontier. They controlled a massive area of the United States known as Comancheria. As Spain, Mexico and Texas moved into their lands, they raided with a vengeance, killing men, taking women and children captive and stealing thousands of horses.
Author: S. C. Gwynne Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1416597158 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 394
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*Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award* *A New York Times Notable Book* *Winner of the Texas Book Award and the Oklahoma Book Award* This New York Times bestseller and stunning historical account of the forty-year battle between Comanche Indians and white settlers for control of the American West “is nothing short of a revelation…will leave dust and blood on your jeans” (The New York Times Book Review). 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 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. Although readers may be more familiar with the tribal names Apache and Sioux, it was in fact the legendary fighting ability of the Comanches that determined when the American West opened up. Comanche boys became adept bareback riders by age six; full Comanche braves were considered the best horsemen who ever rode. They were so masterful at war and so skillful with their arrows and lances that they stopped the northern drive of colonial Spain from Mexico and halted the French expansion westward from Louisiana. White settlers arriving in Texas from the eastern United States were surprised to find the frontier being rolled backward by Comanches incensed by the invasion of their tribal lands. The war with the Comanches lasted four decades, in effect holding up the development of the new American nation. Gwynne’s exhilarating account delivers a sweeping narrative that encompasses Spanish colonialism, the Civil War, the destruction of the buffalo herds, and the arrival of the railroads, and the amazing story of Cynthia Ann Parker and her son Quanah—a historical feast for anyone interested in how the United States came into being. Hailed by critics, S. C. Gwynne’s account of these events is meticulously researched, intellectually provocative, and, above all, thrillingly told. Empire of the Summer Moon announces him as a major new writer of American history.
Author: Rosanne Bittner Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc. ISBN: 1402267665 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 528
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With more than 7 million books in print, RT Book Reviews Career Achievement Award winning and USA Today Bestselling author Rosanne Bittner pens a historical Western romance filled with dangerous cowboys, capable heroines, and an epic love story that sweeps across the Old West. IN A LAND OF OPPORTUNITY Sunny Landers wants a big life-as big and free as the untamed land that stretches before her. Land she will help her father conquer to achieve his dream of a transcontinental railroad. She won't let a cold, creaky wagon, murderous bandits or stampeding buffalo stand in her way. She wants it all-including Colt Travis. ALL THE ODDS WERE AGAINST THEM Like the land of his birth, half Cherokee Colt Travis is wild, hard, and dangerous. He is a drifter, a wilderness scout with no land and no prospects hired by the Landers family to guide their wagon train. He knows Sunny is out of his league and her father would never approve, but beneath the endless starlit sky, anything seems possible... Praise for Bestselling Historical Western Romances by Rosanne Bittner: "A hero to set feminine hearts aflutter...western romance readers will thoroughly enjoy this." -Library Journal "Fans of such authors as Jodi Thomas and Georgina Gentry will enjoy Bittner's thrilling tale of crime and love in the Old West."-Booklist Online "One of the most powerful voices in western romance."-RT Book Reviews
Author: Velda Sherrod Publisher: Leisure Books ISBN: 9780843949018 Category : Love Languages : en Pages : 0
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To save her sister, Kate Hartland traded her innocence and seduced a handsome Irish outsider who appeared safe. But Sean O'Brien was anything but safe, awakening dangerous longings in Kate with his Comanche blood Kate hated with a passion. As Grayhawk, Lord of the Plains, he risked death to unite the white settlers and Indians in peace, and risked his spirit to unite with the lass who captured his heart.
Author: Bill Neeley Publisher: Turner Publishing Company ISBN: 0470254971 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 348
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Critical acclaim for The Last Comanche Chief "Truly distinguished. Neeley re-creates the character and achievements of this most significant of all Comanche leaders." -- Robert M. Utley author of The Lance and the Shield: The Life and Times of Sitting Bull "A vivid, eyewitness account of life for settlers and Native Americans in those violent and difficult times." -- Christian Science Monitor "The special merits of Neeley's work include its reliance on primary sources and illuminating descriptions of interactions among Southern Plains people, Native and white." -- Library Journal "He has given us a fuller and clearer portrait of this extraordinary Lord of the South Plains than we've ever had before." -- The Dallas Morning News
Author: Alfred Silver
Author: Alfred Silver
Author: Ernest Wallace
Author: Max Crawford
Author: Alfred Silver
Author: Meredith I. Anderson
Author: S. C. Gwynne
Author: Ernest Wallace
Author: Rosanne Bittner
Author: Velda Sherrod
Author: Bill Neeley