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A review by dale_kooyenga
Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History by S.C. Gwynne
5.0
Recommended by my brother Russell this book was amazing. I even experienced completing the book while stationed at Fort Sam Houston which is part of the books rich landscape. I have a new appreciation for the vastness of America's West and the atrocities committed by both native American's and whites on the Frontiers. There are few, if any, angels in these stories.
This is not a story of one man, it's a story of entire nation's collapsing their culture into the new reality of the reservation life. Quanah Parker is a fascinating character, but the book is full of characters that are also fascinating in their own right.
Simply an outstanding book.
This is not a story of one man, it's a story of entire nation's collapsing their culture into the new reality of the reservation life. Quanah Parker is a fascinating character, but the book is full of characters that are also fascinating in their own right.
Simply an outstanding book.