Comanches: The History of a People
Aug 2011 · Random House
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Authoritative and immediate, this is a brilliant 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 re-creates 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.
Authoritative and immediate, this is a brilliant 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-...
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Yves Van Gorp
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March 12, 2026
een prachtig relaas van het begin tot het einde.. de opkomst van een prachtig volk met een prachtige cultuur. hoe wreed het ook kon zijn. ze handelden zoals ze leerden te handelen. een volk dat als een van de laatste mensen op aarde werkelijk vrij was en leefden zoals de mens oorspronkelijk leefde. van en met de natuur zonder zichzelf op te dringen aan de natuur en deze af te bakenen en te vernietigen. hier levend tussen de stenen gebouwen onder een grijze lucht wou ik dat ik ooit de wijdse lange grassen van de parierie had mogen aanschouwen, alvorens ze weg was. wat een boek en wat een meesterwerk. niet voor de mensen met een zwakke maag maar prachtig desondanks.
About the author
T. R. Fehrenbach was born in San Benito, Texas, in 1925 and graduated from Princeton University in 1947. He has been a contributor to many publications, including Esquire, The Atlantic, The Saturday Evening Post, and The New Republic. He is the author of the best-selling Lone Star: A History of Texas and the Texans and Fire and Blood: A History of Mexico, among other works. He lives in San Antonio, Texas, with his wife, Lillian.
T. R. Fehrenbach was born in San Benito, Texas, in 1925 and graduated from Princeton University in 1947. He has been a contributor to many publications, including Esquire, The Atlantic, The Saturday Evening Post, and The New Republic. He is the author of the best-selling Lone Star: A History of T...
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