Empire of the Summer Moon

By S. C. Gwynne

Categories: History

S. C. Gwynne's 2010 history follows the Comanches, the horseback people who dominated the southern plains, through some forty years of war with American settlers and soldiers over territory. The story begins in 1836 with the kidnapping of nine-year-old Cynthia Ann Parker, who grew up to marry a Comanche chief. Their son, Quanah Parker, became the last great Comanche war chief, and Gwynne uses the family to show the clash of two cultures from both sides.

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• Sam Hinkie
• Joe Rogan: “I can’t recommend this book enough... it just fucking grips you. It’s an incredibly detailed account of some of the history of the plains Indians and the European settlers that they battled.”
• Ryan Holiday