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Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History by S.C. Gwynne
5 reviews
brandiereadsbooks's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Moderate: War, Slavery, Murder, Gun violence, Rape, Colonisation, Torture, Violence, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail
acunkle's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
informative
tense
medium-paced
4.5
Graphic: War, Torture, Gun violence, Sexual violence, and Murder
pirateenthusiast's review against another edition
1.25
A well researched book. I learned a lot, but this is where the positives end. The language used in this book is repeatedly and horrendously racist. I'm not sure if this was the authors intention or not, but he portrays the Comanches and Native Americans as a whole as "backward stone age hunters". Gwynne claims to be providing an unbiased neutral book that shows both sides in an accurate light. He certainly succeeds in not straying away from the violence of the Comanches with his brutal and graphic descriptions, yet when he describes the violence of the other side, the terms are much more vague, giving the reader the wrong impression. Here is a list of words used in this book and the frequency that they appeared.
Native: 32
Indian(s): 1,177
Savage: 28
Primitive: 19
Redskin: 3
Squaw: 25
Indigenous: 1
Native: 32
Indian(s): 1,177
Savage: 28
Primitive: 19
Redskin: 3
Squaw: 25
Indigenous: 1
Graphic: Racism, Violence, Torture, War, Colonisation, Gore, Kidnapping, and Genocide
Moderate: Rape and Racial slurs
Minor: Animal death
thecirclek's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.0
A detailed look at the decimation of the Native American population and lands in the 1800s.
Graphic: Torture, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault
folieassdeux's review against another edition
challenging
informative
medium-paced
Graphic: Rape, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence
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