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Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
By: S. C. Gwynne
Narrated by: David Drummond
Length: 15 hrs and 9 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 09-20-16
Categories: History, Native American - Biographies & Memoirs
Language: English
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Format: mp3 64/48 stereo
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 listeners may be more familiar with the names Apache and Sioux, it was in fact the legendary fighting ability of the Comanches that determined just how and when the American West opened up. 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. So effective were the Comanches that they forced the creation of the Texas Rangers and account for the advent of the new weapon specifically designed to fight them: the six-gun.
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 - a historical feast for anyone interested in how the United States came into being.
©2016 S. C. Gwynne (P)2016 Simon & Schuster
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by tinuviel
on 2023-11-18 19:09:25
 | Gosh, this is a heady brew, miok. Very well read by David Drummond. Recommended. Many thanks. |
by miok
on 2023-11-18 19:35:25
 | You're welcome tinuviel, glad you enjoyed it. |
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