Comanche Land
Author | : J. Emmor Harston |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 1963 |
Genre | : Comanche Indians |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : J. Emmor Harston |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 1963 |
Genre | : Comanche Indians |
ISBN | : |
Author | : D. L. Birchfield |
Publisher | : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP |
Total Pages | : 50 |
Release | : 2012-08-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1433974169 |
Describes the Comanche Indians and their history, land and origins, traditions, and Comanche life today.
Author | : S. C. Gwynne |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 394 |
Release | : 2010-05-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1416597158 |
*Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award* *A New York Times Notable Book* *Winner of the Texas Book Award and the Oklahoma Book Award* This New York Times bestseller and stunning historical account of the forty-year battle between Comanche Indians and white settlers for control of the American West “is nothing short of a revelation…will leave dust and blood on your jeans” (The New York Times Book Review). 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 readers may be more familiar with the tribal names Apache and Sioux, it was in fact the legendary fighting ability of the Comanches that determined when the American West opened up. Comanche boys became adept bareback riders by age six; full Comanche braves were considered the best horsemen who ever rode. 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. 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, and the amazing story of Cynthia Ann Parker and her son Quanah—a historical feast for anyone interested in how the United States came into being. Hailed by critics, S. C. Gwynne’s account of these events is meticulously researched, intellectually provocative, and, above all, thrillingly told. Empire of the Summer Moon announces him as a major new writer of American history.
Author | : Pekka Hämäläinen |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 509 |
Release | : 2008-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0300151179 |
A study that uncovers the lost history of the Comanches shows in detail how the Comanches built their unique empire and resisted European colonization, and why they were defeated in 1875.
Author | : Mary Englar |
Publisher | : Capstone |
Total Pages | : 56 |
Release | : 2003-08 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780736821803 |
Traces their customs, family life, history, and culture, as well as relations with the U.S. government.
Author | : Caryn Yacowitz |
Publisher | : Capstone Classroom |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 2002-09-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9781403405098 |
Chronicles the history, customs, and culture of the Comanches.
Author | : Steve Houser |
Publisher | : Texas A&M University Press |
Total Pages | : 222 |
Release | : 2016-09-23 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1623494486 |
In this unprecedented effort to gather and share knowledge of the Native American practice of creating, designating, and making use of marker trees, an arborist, an anthropologist, and a Comanche tribal officer have merged their wisdom, research, and years of personal experience to create Comanche Marker Trees of Texas. A genuine marker tree is a rare find—only six of these natural and cultural treasures have been officially documented in Texas and recognized by the Comanche Nation. The latter third of the book highlights the characteristics of these six marker trees and gives an up-to-date history of each, displaying beautiful photographs of these long-standing, misshapen, controversial symbols that have withstood the tests of time and human activity. Thoroughly researched and richly illustrated with maps, drawings, and photographs of trees, this book offers a close look at the unique cultural significance of these living witnesses to our history and provides detailed guidelines on how to recognize, research, and report potential marker tree candidates.
Author | : Richard Gaines |
Publisher | : ABDO |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9781577653721 |
Presents a brief introduction to the Comanche Indians including information on their society, homes, food, clothing, crafts, and life today.
Author | : Sandy Phan |
Publisher | : Teacher Created Materials |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 2012-12-30 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9781433350412 |
The Caddo and Comanche were two of the largest American Indian groups living in Texas before European contact. This Spanish-translated nonfiction title explores the history of the Caddo and Comanche, how they adapted to European colonists and American settlers, and the impact they made on Texas history. The Hasinai, Kadohadacho, Natchitoches, Comanche Nation of Oklahoma, and Shoshone are some of the tribes that readers will discover through engaging sidebars and facts, intriguing images, easy to read text, and a supportive glossary, index, and table of contents.
Author | : Morris W. Foster |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 1991-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Winner, Erminie Wheeler-Voegelin Book Award (American Society for Ethnohistory) Comanches have engaged Euro-Americans' curiosity for three centuries. Their relations with Spanish, French, and Anglo-Americans on the southern Plains have become a highly resonant part of the mythology of the American West. Yet we know relatively little about the community that Comanches have shared and continue to construct in southwestern Oklahoma. Morris W. Foster has written the first study of Comanches' history that identifies continuities in their intracommunity organization from the initial period of European contact to the present day. Those continuities are based on shared participation in public social occasions such as powwows, peyote gatherings, and church meetings Foster explains how these occasions are used to regulate social organization and how they have been modified by Comanches to adapt them to changing political and economic relations with Euro-Americans. Using a model of community derived from sociolinguistics, Foster argues that Comanches have remained a distinctive people by organizing their face-to-face relations with one another in ways that maintain Comanche-Comanche lines of communication and regulate a shared sense of appropriate behavior. His book offers readers a significant reinterpretation of traditional anthropological and historical views of Comanche social organization.