Kyle Harrison
to-read
Empire of the Summer Moon
Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
- Author
- S. C. Gwynne
- Published
- 2010
- Pages
- 386
- Recommended
- Once
Why it’s on the list: S. C. Gwynne’s history of Comanche power on the southern plains — a horse empire that stopped Spanish, Mexican and then American expansion for over a century — told alongside the life of Quanah Parker and his captive white mother.
Where I heard about it
- Replies to @typesfast — named twice, by two different people, in the answers to his question “What’s the best history book you’ve read?” (the thread, June 2025). The full list of replies is on What’s the best history book… (tweet).
Connections
- What’s the best history book… (tweet) — the thread this came out of; the full recovered list lives there.
- Historical Futurism — the portfolio idea this sits closest to: an empire built on one technology adoption.