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English
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The epic four-volume cycle that began with Larry McMurty's Pulitzer Prize–winning masterpiece, Lonesome Dove, is completed with this brilliant and haunting novel—a capstone in a mighty tradition of storytelling.
Texas Rangers August McCrae and Woodrow F. Call, now in their middle years, are just beginning to deal with the enigmas of the adult heart—Gus with his great love, Clara Forsythe; and Call with Maggie Tilton,...
Texas Rangers August McCrae and Woodrow F. Call, now in their middle years, are just beginning to deal with the enigmas of the adult heart—Gus with his great love, Clara Forsythe; and Call with Maggie Tilton,...
2) The son
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English
Description
Comanche Indian captive Eli McCullough must carve a place for himself in a world in which he does not fully belong -- a journey of adventure, tragedy, hardship, grit, and luck that reverberates in the lives of his progeny.
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English
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The Civil War has ended, and Union soldiers and federal officials have taken control of Texas as Rusty Shannon rides to his home on the Colorado River. As a child, he was a captive of the Comanche, as a young man a proud member of a ranging company protecting settlers from Indian raids. Shannon's fate is intertwined with the young man accompanying him: Andy Pickard, himself but recently rescued from Comanche captivity and known by his captors as Badger...
Author
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
A novel on the Comanches, the first Indians of the Plains to take advantage of the horse, brought by the Europeans. The resulting mobility helped them become a great nation and their story is told through the eyes of Horseback, a skilled mounted warrior.
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
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English
Description
For Gage Jameson, the summer of 1873 has been a poor hunt. A year ago, he felled sixty-two buffalo in one stand, but now the great Arkansas River herd is gone, like the Republican herd before it. In Dodge City, old hide hunters speak is awe of a last great heard to the south-but no hunter who values his scalp dares ride south of the Cimarron and into Comanche territory. None but Gage Jameson...
Author
Publisher
Anchor Books
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Authoritative and immediate, this is the classic account of the most powerful of the American Indian tribes. T. R. Fehrenbach traces the Comanches' rise to power, from their prehistoric origins to their domination of the high plains for more than a century until their demise in the face of Anglo-American expansion.
Master horseback riders who lived in teepees and hunted bison, the Comanches were stunning orators, disciplined warriors, and the finest...
9) Badger boy
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Language
English
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The Civil War is over and Confederate Texas is reluctantly yielding to Union military peace-keepers and regulations imposed by Washington. David "Rusty" Shannon is the member of a "ranging company" attempting to protect Texas settlers from Comanche depredations. He learns that the rangers are being disbanded. He makes his way home to his farm on the Colorado River, and discovers that the land around his home is filled with hostiles Indians, Confederates,...
15) The Comanche
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Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An exploration of the Comanche Indians, discussing their use of horses, work of women, housing, vision quests, and more.
16) Moon medicine
Author
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
When Honoré Greenwood sits down to tell his tale, people listen. Friend of such stalwarts of the West as Kit Carson, Thomas Fitzpatrick, John Hatcher, and the Brent brothers, Charles and William, Honoré, at ninety-nine, has lived the life that has become the dime novel.
As a young schoolboy, Jean Guy was considered a genius. The only thing distracting him from his love of books was his love for a kitchen maid, Nicole. When Nicole is raped...
Author
Publisher
Five Star, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Forced to learn the Pale Eyes ways at a Pennsylvania boarding school, Daniel Killstraight has never fit in with many Comanches ... and working as a tribal policeman doesn't make him popular among the People." --
20) Comanche
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Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Pub
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A discussion of the history, culture, and contemporary life of the Comanche Indians.