Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
Describes in sometimes brutal detail the actions of both whites and Comanches during a 40-year war over territory, in a story that begins with the Comanche kidnapping of a white 9-year-old girl, who grew up to love her captors, marry a Comanche chief and have a son, Quanah, who became a great warrior. Reprint.