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Author | : S. C. Gwynne |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 394 |
Release | : 2010-05-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1416597158 |
*Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award* *A New York Times Notable Book* *Winner of the Texas Book Award and the Oklahoma Book Award* This New York Times bestseller and stunning historical account of the forty-year battle between Comanche Indians and white settlers for control of the American West “is nothing short of a revelation…will leave dust and blood on your jeans” (The New York Times Book Review). 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. Although readers may be more familiar with the tribal names Apache and Sioux, it was in fact the legendary fighting ability of the Comanches that determined when the American West opened up. Comanche boys became adept bareback riders by age six; full Comanche braves were considered the best horsemen who ever rode. They were so masterful at war and so skillful with their arrows and lances that they stopped the northern drive of colonial Spain from Mexico and halted the French expansion westward from Louisiana. White settlers arriving in Texas from the eastern United States were surprised to find the frontier being rolled backward by Comanches incensed by the invasion of their tribal lands. The war with the Comanches lasted four decades, in effect holding up the development of the new American nation. Gwynne’s exhilarating account delivers a sweeping narrative that encompasses Spanish colonialism, the Civil War, the destruction of the buffalo herds, and the arrival of the railroads, and the amazing story of Cynthia Ann Parker and her son Quanah—a historical feast for anyone interested in how the United States came into being. Hailed by critics, S. C. Gwynne’s account of these events is meticulously researched, intellectually provocative, and, above all, thrillingly told. Empire of the Summer Moon announces him as a major new writer of American history.
Author | : T R Fehrenbach |
Publisher | : Random House |
Total Pages | : 594 |
Release | : 2011-08-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1407091220 |
Authoritative and immediate, this is a brilliant account of the most powerful of the American Indian tribes. T. R. Fehrenbach traces the Comanches' rise to power, from their prehistoric origins to their domination of the high plains for more than a century until their demise in the face of Anglo-American expansion. Master horseback riders who lived in teepees and hunted bison, the Comanches were stunning orators, disciplined warriors, and the finest makers of arrows. They lived by a strict legal code and worshipped within a cosmology of magic. As he portrays the Comanche lifestyle, Fehrenbach re-creates their doomed battle against European encroachment. While they destroyed the Spanish dream of colonizing North America and blocked the French advance into the Southwest, the Comanches ultimately fell before the Texas Rangers and the U. S. Army in the great raids and battles of the mid-nineteenth century. This is a classic American story, vividly and poignantly told.
Author | : Pekka Hämäläinen |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 509 |
Release | : 2008-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0300151179 |
A study that uncovers the lost history of the Comanches shows in detail how the Comanches built their unique empire and resisted European colonization, and why they were defeated in 1875.
Author | : Stanley Noyes |
Publisher | : University of Texas Press |
Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Photography |
ISBN | : 9780292755680 |
Novelist Larry McMurtry loaned a collection of glass plate negatives to the University of Texas Press for investigation. "Most appear to be the work of pioneer woman photographer Alice Snearly and her brother-in-law Lon Kelly, who worked in the heart of Comanche territory on the Texas-Oklahoma border. These images preserve the "interim" generation of Comanches ... who endured reservation life and forced moves to individual allotments of farm and ranch land .. A few images of Anglo settlers and towns complete the picture of life in Indian Territory at this moment of change."--Publisher description.
Author | : Stanley T. Noyes |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2019-09-20 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781632935076 |
A history of the Comanche Indians, 1751-1845.
Author | : Ernest Wallace |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 381 |
Release | : 1986 |
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Author | : Larry McMurtry |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 720 |
Release | : 2000-10-17 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0684857553 |
Set against the bitter frontier strife between Texans and the Comanche, Texas Rangers Gus McCrae and Woodrow Call battle Buffalo Hump, the enigmatic war chief, and Gus' long-time nemesis, Blue Duck.
Author | : Thomas W. Kavanagh |
Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | : 608 |
Release | : 1999-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780803277922 |
This is the first in-depth historical study of Comanche social and political groups. Using the ethnohistorical method, Thomas W. Kavanagh traces the changes and continuities in Comanche politics from their earliest interactions with Europeans to their settlement on a reservation in present-day Oklahoma.
Author | : Steve Houser |
Publisher | : Texas A&M University Press |
Total Pages | : 222 |
Release | : 2016-09-23 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1623494486 |
In this unprecedented effort to gather and share knowledge of the Native American practice of creating, designating, and making use of marker trees, an arborist, an anthropologist, and a Comanche tribal officer have merged their wisdom, research, and years of personal experience to create Comanche Marker Trees of Texas. A genuine marker tree is a rare find—only six of these natural and cultural treasures have been officially documented in Texas and recognized by the Comanche Nation. The latter third of the book highlights the characteristics of these six marker trees and gives an up-to-date history of each, displaying beautiful photographs of these long-standing, misshapen, controversial symbols that have withstood the tests of time and human activity. Thoroughly researched and richly illustrated with maps, drawings, and photographs of trees, this book offers a close look at the unique cultural significance of these living witnesses to our history and provides detailed guidelines on how to recognize, research, and report potential marker tree candidates.
Author | : Bill Lund |
Publisher | : Capstone |
Total Pages | : 28 |
Release | : 1998-09 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780736880558 |
Provides an overview of the past and present lives of the Comanches, covering their daily life, customs, relations with the government and others, and more.