Quanah, the Coiled Snake

About the Book

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The saga, based on historical fact, of a half-breed orphan boy who rises to become the last great war chief of the fierce Comanche. His name was Quanah Parker, and this story is told through his eyes. He is driven by his hatred of the Texans who killed his father and took his mother captive. He searches for her throughout the bloodiest war of the frontier, then is relentlessly pursued by a cavalry officer ordered to kill him. Beneath his war paint is a man who deeply loves his family, people, way of life and freedom for which he is willing to die.

About the Author

Dale Blair majored in Creative Writing and History at Southern Methodist University, then began a journalistic career with the Dallas Times Herald newspaper as a film and stage critic. He was a member of the repertory company at the Dallas Theater Center where two of his plays were produced, then one Off-Off Broadway, "Suicide Exhibition." While holding creative writing workshops at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, he began researching and writing "Quanah, the Coiled Snake," his first novel. He was a recipient of three Helene Wurlitzer Foundation grants for writing in Taos, New Mexico where he now resides.