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Empire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne (2011, Paperback, Reprint)
Author: S.C. GwynnePublisher: ScribnerLanguage: English
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In his compelling history of the American West, S.C. Gwynne focuses on a forty-year period in which the Comanche tribe rose to prominence, skillfully held the American soldiers at bay, only to go down, eventually, in defeat. Gwynne's well-researched and well-told account provides fascinating information about the lives of the Comanches and their skill in battle, as well as essential facts about the delayed opening of the West. While keeping an eye on the major historical events--including several key wars--he focuses on two people: Cynthia Ann Parker--a pioneer woman captured by the Comanches and who later chose to live among the Comanches as her family--and her son, Quanah, who became a formidable Comanche chief. Gwynne packs a lot of detail into this popular history, as he both enlightens and holds the reader's interest.
Journalist S.C. Gwynne takes a novel approach to further unraveling the always enthralling, yet contentious, myth of the founding of the American West, using the half-white/half-Comanche chief Quanah Parker and his mother, Cynthia Ann Parker, to explore the largely forgotten Texas-Indian Wars, which lasted nearly the entirety of the 19th century. Spun with a vivid, occasionally thrilling narrative style, EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON describes how the fierce, dogged pride of the mighty Comanche tribe led to epic clashes with white settlers on the Texas plains and hindered for four decades America's initial attempts to bring the new and intoxicating theory of manifest destiny westward.
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Describes the actions of both whites and Comanches during a 40-year war over territory, in a story that begins with the kidnapping of a white girl, who grew up to marry a Comanche chief and have a son, Quanah, who became a great warrior.
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"EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON isn't just an biography. It's a forceful argument about the place of Native American tribes in geopolitical history."
(06/13/2010)
In his compelling history of the American West, S.C. Gwynne focuses on a forty-year period in which the Comanche tribe rose to prominence, skillfully held the American soldiers at bay, only to go down, eventually, in defeat. Gwynne's well-researched and well-told account provides fascinating information about the lives of the Comanches and their skill in battle, as well as essential facts about the delayed opening of the West. While keeping an eye on the major historical events--including several key wars--he focuses on two people: Cynthia Ann Parker--a pioneer woman captured by the Comanches and who later chose to live among the Comanches as her family--and her son, Quanah, who became a formidable Comanche chief. Gwynne packs a lot of detail into this popular history, as he both enlightens and holds the reader's interest.
Journalist S.C. Gwynne takes a novel approach to further unraveling the always enthralling, yet contentious, myth of the founding of the American West, using the half-white/half-Comanche chief Quanah Parker and his mother, Cynthia Ann Parker, to explore the largely forgotten Texas-Indian Wars, which lasted nearly the entirety of the 19th century. Spun with a vivid, occasionally thrilling narrative style, EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON describes how the fierce, dogged pride of the mighty Comanche tribe led to epic clashes with white settlers on the Texas plains and hindered for four decades America's initial attempts to bring the new and intoxicating theory of manifest destiny westward.
| Key Details | |
| Author: | S.C. Gwynne |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | Scribner |
| Format: | Paperback |
| ISBN-10: | 1416591060 |
| ISBN-13: | 9781416591061 |
| Additional Details | |
| Edition Description: | Reprint |
| Size | |
| Length: | 371 pages |
| Thickness: | 1 in |
| Weight: | 12.8 oz |
Publisher's Note
Describes the actions of both whites and Comanches during a 40-year war over territory, in a story that begins with the kidnapping of a white girl, who grew up to marry a Comanche chief and have a son, Quanah, who became a great warrior.
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(06/13/2010)
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Greatest Historical book of the year 2011.
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Created: 28/05/11
) Greatest Book ever written on early American West & the Indian perspective to mistreatment, resulting in extreme savagery for survival. Tells how a great nation was decimated by greedy white invaders who had migrated west. I thoroughly enjoyed this read...highly recommend it to everyone. AAA+++
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Created: 09/04/12
) This is a very thorough account of the history of the Comanches from 1600 through late 1800s. Gwynn has definitely done his research. However, I did not like his comments about how the Comanche had lacked a sense of morals due to their not posessing much in the way of artwork, the trappings of the technology imposed by the Europeans or of Christianity to control them. It would seem that their close connection to the land and ability to get rid of invaders is an example of the morality of fighting for one's relatives and to ensure that the land is used sustainably. Therefore, since Gywnn avoided discussing the moral implications of sustainable land use in the present time, for your own contemporary understanding, you will want to take a look at what destruction has happened to the land since the time the Comanches have exited and given way to our current ways of wasting resources.
Fantastic "read".
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Created: 03/03/12
) Outstanding book on the comanches and their greatest chief, Quanah Parker. It was difficult to put down. Learned a lot about the comanche history, the Texas Rangers and Texas itself.
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