本書記錄美國西部最激烈、最漫長的衝突──康曼契族與白人移民之間長達四十年的爭戰。S. C. Gwynne 在《Empire of the Summer Moon》中,並行描繪兩條故事線:一是康曼契族的興衰史;另一是開拓婦女 Cynthia Ann Parker 及其混血兒子 Quanah 的命運軌跡——後者成為康曼契族最後也是最偉大的酋長。作者以細膩的筆法與嚴謹史料,重現這段決定美國西進進程的歷史。從西班牙殖民勢力、南北戰爭到鐵路開通與野牛滅絕,整個十九世紀的美洲風貌在頁面間鋪展。這不僅是戰爭的紀錄,更是關於土地、文化與存續的悲壯史詩。・描繪美國西部拓荒時期的真實衝突。・人物立體,兼具歷史厚度與人性深度。・文字節奏明快,史實與敘事並重。Finalist for the Pulitzer PrizeIn the tradition of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, a stunningly vivid historical account of the forty-year battle between Comanche Indians and white settlers for control of the American West, centering on Quanah, the greatest Comanche chief of them all.S. C. Gwynne’s Empire of the Summer Moon spans two astonishing stories. The first traces the rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful Indian tribe in American history. The second entails one of the most remarkable narratives ever to come out of the Old West: the epic saga of the pioneer woman Cynthia Ann Parker and her mixed-blood son Quanah, who became the last and greatest chief o