Comanches - The History of a People

Informationen zum Autor T. R. Fehrenbach was born in San Benito, Texas, in 1925 and graduated from Princeton University in 1947. He has been a contributor to many publications, including Esquire, The Atlantic, The Saturday Evening Post, and The New Republic . He is the author of the best-selling Lone Star: A History of Texas and the Texans and Fire and Blood: A History of Mexico , among other works. He lives in San Antonio, Texas, with his wife, Lillian. Klappentext Master horseback riders who lived in teepees and hunted bison, the Comanches were stunning orators, disciplined warriors, and the finest makers of arrows. While they destroyed the Spanish dream of colonizing North America and blocked the French advance into the Southwest, the Comanches ultimately fell before the Texas Rangers and the U. Zusammenfassung Master horseback riders who lived in teepees and hunted bison, the Comanches were stunning orators, disciplined warriors, and the finest makers of arrows. While they destroyed the Spanish dream of colonizing North America and blocked the French advance into the Southwest, the Comanches ultimately fell before the Texas Rangers and the U.

Product details

• Authors: T R Fehrenbach
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 02.08.2007
• EAN: 9780099520559
• ISBN: 978-0-09-952055-9
• No. of pages: 592
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 35 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Indigenous Peoples, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United States of America, USA, Relating to Native American people