The Comanche Empire

Why read it

• You will see a familiar story of expansion and conquest turned around, with Indians as the ones who spread and set terms
• You will learn to question maps and histories that leave out a power because it left no monuments
• You will understand how a small group of newcomers reinvented itself by getting horses

Who it is for

• A reader of American history who wants the other side
• A student of the Great Plains and the borderlands
• Someone interested in how empires rise without cities

Contents

1. The Lamar Series
2. INTRODUCTION
3. CONCLUSION

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