Comanches

The History of a People

De: T. R. Fehrenbach

Narrado por: Jonathan Yen

Authoritative and immediate, this is the classic 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 recreates 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.

©1974 T.R. Fehrenbach (P)2024 Tantor

A sad story of a clash of cultures

A valuable read to learn about the proud Comanche people whose way of life was transformed by a clash of cultures. The author captures the impact tribal warfare and the entry of the Spanish, the French, Texans and Americans had on a major people who ruled a territory for centuries.

excellent

To many know to little of America's true history. Great book. Sad on many levels.

local history

👍. i would read this again. history we need to know. bless the indian nations and God's spirit in them.

Great book about the American Indian

I really liked this book. I cried for the Indian what happened to them.

Interesting and disturbing slice of American history

While popular history highlights the racial prejudices and shortcomings of the white settlers, Comanches provides a history revealing that not all the savages were noble. Conflict was inevitable and coexistence without compromise by the Amerindians was not possible. It is a world of many injustices, but I enjoyed learning about the settlement of the southwest and accompanying conflict it created.