| Contents |
A new kind of war -- A lethal paradise -- Worlds in collision -- High lonesome -- The wolf's howl -- Blood and smoke -- Dream visions and Apocalypse -- White squaw -- Chasing the wind -- Death's innocent face -- War to the knife -- White queen of the Comanches -- The rise of Quanah -- Uncivil wars -- Peace and other horrors -- The anti-Custer -- Mackenzie unbound -- The hide men and the messiah -- The Red River War -- Forward, in defeat -- This was a man -- Resting here until day breaks. |
| Abstract |
Describes the actions of both whites and Comanches during a 40-year war over territory, in a story that begins with the kidnapping of a white girl, who grew up to marry a Comanche chief and have a son, Quanah, who became a great warrior. |
| General note | Reprint: Originally published: New York : Scribner, 2010. |
| General note | Includes reading group guide. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-355) and index. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| LCCN | 2009049747 |
| ISBN | 9781416591061 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 1416591060 (pbk.) |
