comanche indians

Profiles Cynthia Ann Parker, who was captured in 1836 at the age of nine and lived as a Comanche for more than twenty years.

S. C. Gwynne?s 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.

This book relays the factual details of the history and culture of the Comanche.

Having been taken as a child in 1836 and raised by Comanche Indians, thirty-four-year-old Cynthia Ann Parker is forcibly returned to her white relatives, where she longs for her Indian life. Her only friend is her twelve-year-old cousin Lucy. A skillful novel that examines how individual identity is determined by cultural and social structures, and what happens when these are drastically altered. Based on a true story.

Examines the history, culture and future of the Comanche Indians.

4-25-97. From the screenplay by Michael Blake. Photographs by Ben Glass.

A biography of the pioneer woman who as a child was captured and raised by the Comanche Indians.

A biography of the Comanche leader who followed a career as a much-feared warrior by helping his people adjust to living in a country run by white people.

Kidnapped by the Comanche after his mother and sister are murdered, thirteen-year-old Eli McCullough quickly adapts to Comanche life until the tribe is decimated by armed Americans, leaving Eli alone in a world where he is neither white nor Indian.