Last Comanche Chief: The Life and Times of Quanah Parker Book

The Last Comanche Chief: The Life and Times of Quanah Parker by Bill Neeley is a detailed and interesting insight into not only the Comanche and Native American cultures, but the transition of the native Americans into a white culture during the late 1800s and early 1900s. The details of violence portrayed by both the whites and native Americans is unbelievable by today's standards. Revenge rules! Quanah is unique as a half white/half Indian person totally absorbed into the Comanche culture. His mother, a captured white woman, appears to also absorb the culture as she has trouble readjusting when she is recaptured by the whites. Quanah's leadership evolves because of his courage and brilliance in warfare, but this leadership adapts when the inevitable victory of white settling in Comanche territory rules. It is amazing how he turns from warrior to negotiator/enforcer in the new world of the whites.