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
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“@tripgabriel Amazing book. Great Xmas gift for anyone who loves non fiction adventure. Another one is Empire of the Summer Moon. | Fucking great book. | I admire the purity of that way of life. | This book recounts how the Comanche, through extraordinary fighting and survival skills, succeeded longer than any other Native American group in blocking white society's intrusion on their land. Central to the story is Quanah Parker, a mixedrace war leader whose white mother was captured by the Comanche as a teenager.”
Source →“@tripgabriel Amazing book. Great Xmas gift for anyone who loves non fiction adventure. Another one is Empire of the Summer Moon. | Fucking great book. | I admire the purity of that way of life. | This book recounts how the Comanche, through extraordinary fighting and survival skills, succeeded longer than any other Native American group in blocking white society's intrusion on their land. Central to the story is Quanah Parker, a mixedrace war leader whose white mother was captured by the Comanche as a teenager.”
Source →“@tripgabriel Amazing book. Great Xmas gift for anyone who loves non fiction adventure. Another one is Empire of the Summer Moon. | Fucking great book. | I admire the purity of that way of life. | This book recounts how the Comanche, through extraordinary fighting and survival skills, succeeded longer than any other Native American group in blocking white society's intrusion on their land. Central to the story is Quanah Parker, a mixedrace war leader whose white mother was captured by the Comanche as a teenager.”
Source →Recommended by 5 notable people, including Joe Rogan and Malcolm Gladwell
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Recommended by 8 sources and appears in American History, History, and American History.
In the tradition of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, a stunningly vivid historical account of the fortyyear battle between Comanche Indians and white settlers for control of the American West, centering on Quanah, the greatest Comanche chief of them all.S. C. Gwynne?s Empire of the Summer Moon spans two astonishing stories. The first traces the rise...
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Recommended by 8 sources and appears in American History, History, and American History.
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“@tripgabriel Amazing book. Great Xmas gift for anyone who loves non fiction adventure. Another one is Empire of the Summer Moon. | Fucking great book. | I admire the purity of that way of life. | This book recounts how the Comanche, through extraordinary fighting and survival skills, succeeded longer than any other Native American group in blocking white society's intrusion on their land. Central to the story is Quanah Parker, a mixedrace war leader whose white mother was captured by the Comanche as a teenager.”
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