EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON

A stunningly vivid historical account of the forty-year battle between Comanche Indians and white settlers for control of the American West, centring on Quanah, the greatest Comanche chief of them all. 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 just how and when the American West opened up. S. C. Gwynne's account of these events is meticulously researched, intellectually provocative, and, above all, thrillingly told.