If you enjoy readable history, this is a book for you. Very well written. Describes both the rise and the fall of the greatest Indian tribe in American history, the Comanches: the territory they controlled, their domination over all other resident tribes, their horsemanship and yes, their brutality. When you read the book you cannot help but think of parallels to the great African tribe the Zulu. Just be thankful the Zulu lived where there were teste flies and consequently they were not horsemen.

Good reading indeed. We picked this one out as one of our book club selections.

I've read it too. Excellent stuff. When I was a small child in the 1950s, my great-grandmother was still alive and nearly 100. Born in 1859, she grew up in Texas in the 1860s. The one rule when I got to ask her about "horse and buggy days" was that I was never to ask about the Comanches.

Excellent read, loved it
A must read for all bleeding liberals as well just to open their eyes about poor natives

One of the best books I have ever read on the "Horse tribes".

Thanks for the heads up!



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About a third way thru this book, some interesting history.
A little slow in places, author seems to revisit earlier ground plowed eralier, but I am learning some interesting Western frontier history as well as Indian history.

Will keep plugging along.