A review by rileypeper
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

3.0

This book was packed with stories and information that I loved discovering. The history between the while settlers and the Native Americans is truly bothersome to me, as I'm sure it is with everyone who takes the time to learn about the nuanced past of this land. I can totally see why the Comanche tribe acted they way they did towards the settlers, and I can understand why the white settlers acted the way they did towards the Comanches. My final analysis, for what its worth, is that both parties were acting in bad faith, but both were also acting out a world they were living in, and comparing it to today is not quite fair.

Gwynne did a fantastic job as smearing the dividing line between black and white in order to create shades of grey that more accurately describe United States history.