The
Comanches: Lords of the South Plains (Civilization
of the American Indian Series, Vol 34)
by Ernest Wallace and E. Adamson Hoebel
Paperback: ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.88 x 8.31 x 5.52
Univ of Oklahoma Pr (Trd); ISBN: 0806120401; Reprint
edition (September 1987)
The
Comanche Code Talkers of World War II
by William C. Meadows
Paperback from Univ of Texas Press
Book Published: February, 2003
Dances
With Wolves
by Michael Blake
(Mass Market Paperback - November 1990)
Cynthia
Ann Parker: The Life and the Legend (Southwestern Studies, No.
92)
by Margaret Schmidt Hacker
(Paperback - December 1990)
Comanches:
The Destruction of a People
by T. R. Fehrenbach
Paperback from DaCapo Press
Book Published: September, 1994
Comanche
Dawn
by Mike Blakely
Synopsis: Born on the very day that the first horse comes to the Comanches,
Horseback matures into a leader of uncommon courage and vision. This novel
tells the story of the rise of the Comanche Nation through the eyes of
the young warrior Horseback.
Hardcover from Forge
Book Published: October, 1998
The
Comanche (Indians of North America Series)
by Willard H. Rollings, Frank W., III Porter (Editor)
(Library Binding - December 1989)
Comanches
in the New West, 1895-1908: Historic Photographs (The Jack and Doris Smothers
Series in Texas History, Life, and Culture, No. 1)
by Stanley Noyes, Daniel J. Gelo
Book Description Novelist Larry McMurtry once received a photograph
showing a demonstration of the then-new kerosene lamp to a mixed crowd
of cowboys, soldiers, and Indians. To him, this image captured the transition
from the Old West to the New West and led him to purchase the collection
of glass plate negatives from which this print came. Sensing that the collection
contained a fascinating record of cultural change and survival, McMurtry
loaned it to the University of Texas Press for investigation.
With the assistance of Comanche expert Daniel J. Gelo and others, Stanley
Noyes has identified the photographers, subjects, and settings of these
thirty-two photographs. Most appear to be the work of pioneer woman photographer
Alice Snearly and her brother-in-law Lon Kelly, who worked in the heart
of Comanche territory on the Texas-Oklahoma border.
These images preserve the "interim" generation of Comanches, including
Quanah Parker and two of his wives, who endured reservation life and forced
moves to individual allotments of farm and ranch land. Yet the photos show
not a defeated but a resilient people who have held on to many of the old
ways while adopting enough of Anglo culture to survive.
Noyes's historical introduction provides context for the photos, which
he also describes in detailed captions. A few images of Anglo settlers
and towns complete the picture of life in Indian Territory at this moment
of change.
Hardcover: 120 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.58 x
10.28 x 7.39
Publisher: Univ of Texas Pr; ; (March 1999)
ISBN: 0292755686
Sanapia:
Comanche Medicine Woman
by David E. Jones
Paperback from Waveland Press
Book Published: January, 1984
Sunshine
on the Prairie: The Story of Cynthia Ann Parker
by Jack C., Jr. Ramsay, Edwin M. Eakin (Editor)
(Hardcover - April 1990)
Special order
The
Seventh Flag: Comanche Indians in Texas
by John Proctor
(Paperback - December 2001)
Three
Years Among the Comanches: The Narrative of Nelson Lee, the Texas Ranger
by Nelson Lee
This is a detailed account of Lee's captivity among the Comanches in
the 1850's and his escape through the mountains back to white civilization.
The story is full of encounters with alligators, snakes, and panthers,
as well as hostile Comanches. Lee saw his fellow captives slaughtered most
horribly: he was spared only because he convinced the Indians that the
Great Spirit spoke to him through his pocket watch. Nevertheless, Lee gives
excellent details about the tribe's way of life, albeit from the perspective
of someone who doesn't have the kindliest feelings towards his captors.
The
Publisher.
Paperback: 187 pages
The Narrative Press, Inc.; ISBN:
1589760948; (December 2001)
Quanah
Parker, Comanche Chief (Oklahoma
Western Biographies, Vol 6)
by William T. Hagan
(Paperback - September 1995)
Where
the Broken Heart Still Beats: The Story of Cynthia Ann Parker
by Carolyn Meyer
Paperback from Gulliver Books Paperbacks
Book Published: 15 October, 1992
The
Way of the Coyote
by Elmer Kelton
Hardcover from Forge
Book Published: December, 2001
Without
Quarter: The Wichita Expedition and the Fight on Crooked Creek
by William Young Chalfant, Roy Grinnell (Illustrator)
(Hardcover - November 1991)
Special Order
Cynthia Ann Parker: Reprint of James T. Deshields 1886 Account
by John Graves (Editor), James T. DeShields
(Hardcover - January 1991)
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