Christopher King
1) Blue Norther
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"Blue Norther" is a fictionalized account of the life of Quanah Parker, a key figure in the history of the American Far West.
Quanah has mixed parentage – Comanche war chief father and white hostage mother. Just as he reaches adulthood, two life-changing events occur. On his return from a hunting trip, he discovers his village burned, the wives, babies, and old people butchered and, most significantly, his mother and baby sister missing. Subsequently,...