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Empire of the Summer Moon

S. C. Gwynne

How did the Comanche hold off Spanish and American expansion for so long, and what happened to them at the end?

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At a glance

Author
S. C. Gwynne

Why read it

  • You will see the frontier as the meeting of two expanding empires, one of them Comanche
  • You will understand how the Indian wars ended through a deliberate decision to destroy the tribes, not by drift
  • You will learn how a captive white girl came to belong among the Comanche, and what her son made of two worlds

Who it is for

  • A teacher building a unit on the American frontier
  • A Texan or visitor curious who held the land before
  • A history fan who likes war and family stories together

Contents

  1. SUMMER MOON
  2. One
  3. Two
  4. Three
  5. Four
  6. Five
  7. Six
  8. Seven
  9. Eight
  10. Nine
  11. Ten
  12. Eleven
  13. Twelve
  14. Thirteen
  15. Fourteen
  16. Fifteen
  17. Sixteen
  18. Seventeen
  19. Eighteen
  20. Nineteen
  21. Twenty
  22. Twenty-one
  23. Twenty-two

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