Bill A. (warm-strong) reviewed on 8/21/2011 + 2 more book reviews

I am surprised there is no cover for this book, maybe it is too new. I just bought it at the airport for reading on the flight home. It is a very powerfully written narrative about the Comanches and this Quanah Parker who had a white mither who was kidnapped as a young girl. She grew to so love her husband, who was a Indian Chief, that she refused to be rescued several times. The son was one of the last Comanches to give up buffalo hunts and killing white settlers in West Texas. When he moved to the reservation he switched and became a relatively civilized and wealthy man who then acquired more wives and built a large mansion. He became well know and an advocate for poor Indians. Teddy Roosevelt came to have dinner with him in his house. He never gave up his long hair and is a striking handsome tall man. The story of the racism and tawdry affairs of the politicians who ran the various Indian Bureaus contrasts with the history of the Comanches who were not "noble" savages. Very bloody story with brutal acts by both sides. I found it really held my interest. Very well researched with notes, good index. Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Also a New York Times Best Seller.

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