Elzana Nurkovic Nurkovic itibaren Aşağıkıcık Köyü, 49420 Aşağıkıcık Köyü/Malazgirt/Muş, Türkiye
For me, it remains unclear whether this book is going to serve as "cautionary tale" or "instruction manual". I'm excited to find out!
The title story of this one is so good, and so desperately sad.
i don't think i read this authors but yes i have read this book.
Comanche culture was based on war. They were hell on horseback. If they weren’t fighting white settlers, they were fighting other tribes. They tortured, mutilated and gang-raped their captives. They were finally defeated when the U.S. Army figured out – after decades had passed – how to fight them and when the buffalo hunters killed off the great herds that fed and clothed the Comanche. That is the subject of 7/8s of Empire of the Summer Moon. The very last section – the most interest part -- tells about the transformation of Quanah Parker from wild Comanche into a suit-wearing member of the school board. Quanah was a son of Cynthia Ann Parker, captured when she was a child, and a chief. Quanah accepted the death of the old way of life and adapted to the new. He was an advocate for his people. And by all accounts he was super intelligent and kind and generous. Quanah lived well but died without a huge bank account because he gave away most of his money. Never lost his dignity. He made adjustments to white culture. But he remained true to himself – kept his long braids and his wives. Quanah was offered a chance to profit from the Wild West craze and go on tour. He said, “No, you put me in little pen. I no monkey.” What a guy.