. >> i want to ask you, the comanche and the story of quanah parker and indians in texas is just such a great story generally. is one that we all grow up hearing. we see on movies, television and reread ask about it. every book as an occasion and so what was it for you to write this particular history at this particular time? >> it is a good question. about 12 years ago i read a book, wonderful book by walter prescott webb co-called the great plains. even notice about the great plains it was really about texas mostly, and inside this book there was a chapter, or even a subchapter about the comanches and it put forth did for this premise that there was this enormous for sitting in the middle of the continent that determine how everything happened. i am a yankee. i'm going what? wait a second. i might know a pequot or the odd algonquin or wampanoag but i didn't know comanches at all. comanches or something that in john wayne movies was code for the zero or we are in trouble now. that is the comanche era. i was pretty much what it was so what happened was tom a so that is what set off my

. >> i'm going to ask you, the comanche and the story of quanah parker and indians in texas is just such a great story generally, it's one that we all grow up hearing, we see on movies, television, we read books about it. my sense is every book has an occasion, and so what was it for you to write this particular history at this particular time? >> um, it's a good question. about 12 years ago i read a wonderful book by walter prescott webb called "the great plains." and even though it was about the great plains, it was really about texas mostly. and inside this book there was a chapter or even a subchapter about the comanches, and it put forth this premise that there was this enormous force sitting in the middle of the continent that determined how everything happened. and i'm a yankee. i'm going, what? wait a second. i mean, i might know a pequot or the odd algonquin, but i didn't know comanches at all. comanches that are something in john wayne movies was code for, uh-oh. [laughter] oh, we're in trouble now, that's a comanche arrow. so what happened was that's what set off my interest.