Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History by S.C. GwynneMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is an amazing three generation history in the context of the rise and fall of the Comanche empire around the Parker family massacred and from them kidnapped nine year old Cynthia Ann Parker. She eventually adopts to her Comanche band and weds Comanche chief Peta Nocona with whom she has children, including Quanah Parker. When she is "rescued", white society has to hold her prisoner against her frequent attempts to return "home" and to the family members her rescuers had not slain. Surviving Quanah Parker led his people in resistance, in raiding and on to the reservation, where he became a wealthy rancher and influential in Comanche and American society having become not only a Comanche chief, but a visionary founder of the Native American Church. A truly amazing multi-generational tale.
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