""Truly distinguished. Neeley re-creates the character and achievements of this most significant of all Comanche leaders."" -- Robert M. Utley author of The Lance and the Shield: The Life and Times of Sitting Bull

""A vivid, eyewitness account of life for settlers and Native Americans in those violent and difficult times."" -- Christian Science Monitor

""The special merits of Neeley's work include its reliance on primary sources and illuminating descriptions of interactions among Southern Plains people, Native and white."" -- Library Journal

""He has given us a fuller and clearer portrait of this extraordinary Lord of the South Plains than we've ever had before."" -- The Dallas Morning News