History Biography Nature 2010

Empire of the Summer Moon by S. C. Gwynne

In the tradition of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, a stunningly vivid historical account of the forty-year battle between Comanche Indians and white settlers for control of the American West…

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It's an essay · nobody is entirely good

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Essay
Who tells it
A narrator who knows it all

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Is it for you?

It's for you if…

  • you want something big, with room to breathe
  • you want a book that doesn't look away
  • you're drawn to the dark side of people

Maybe not if…

  • you'd rather skip the hard scenes

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