San Antonio College Library

Describes the culture and history of the Nermernuh Plains Indians from their prehistoric beginnings through their gradual disintegration as an independent nation.

Two Texas Rangers fight Indians and bandits while trying to sort affairs with their women. One is Gus McCrae, a hard-drinking womanizer jilted by his love, the other is sober Woodrow Call, father of a boy by a prostitute. By the author of Lonesome Dove.

"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...

In the year following the Civil War, Rusty Shannon, hoping to take up life as a farmer, is haunted by memories of being a Comanche captive as a child.