Post by AndoII on Sept 30, 2020 3:00:20 GMT
S.C. Gwynne's historical account of the Comanche Indian tribe v European settlers in the 19th Century.
From the blurb:
Pretty visceral stuff, tbh. The Comanches had previously stopped French and Spanish invaders literally in their tracks with their organization, war tactics and brilliant horsemanship and weaponry skills. Not to mention the horrific mutilations and tortures inflicted on the enemy.
Even other Indian tribes were terrified of the Comanche, who perpetrated warfare of this kind throughout the plains.
Compelling reading, but needs a strong stomach.
From the blurb:
In the tradition of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, a stunningly vivid historical account of the forty-year 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 and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful Indian tribe in American history. The second entails one of the most remarkable narratives ever to come out of the Old West: the epic saga of the pioneer woman Cynthia Ann Parker and her mixed-blood son Quanah, who became the last and greatest chief of the Comanches.
S. C. Gwynne’s Empire of the Summer Moon spans two astonishing stories. The first traces the rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful Indian tribe in American history. The second entails one of the most remarkable narratives ever to come out of the Old West: the epic saga of the pioneer woman Cynthia Ann Parker and her mixed-blood son Quanah, who became the last and greatest chief of the Comanches.
Pretty visceral stuff, tbh. The Comanches had previously stopped French and Spanish invaders literally in their tracks with their organization, war tactics and brilliant horsemanship and weaponry skills. Not to mention the horrific mutilations and tortures inflicted on the enemy.
Even other Indian tribes were terrified of the Comanche, who perpetrated warfare of this kind throughout the plains.
Compelling reading, but needs a strong stomach.
