"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. Gwynne (Scribner, 371 pp., $27.50). The remarkable life of Quanah Parker – half Comanche, half white – provides a backdrop for tales of hardscrabble life on the Texas frontier. (CSMonitor.com review, 6/11/10)
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