High-res scribnerbooks: babylonfalling: Indian Tribal Lands 1493. Click here to zoom. Amazing and depressing. One of our favorite books last year? “Empire of the Summer Moon” which details the rise-and-fall of the Commanches. Here, they are just a section of a map. In reality, they were the best horseman who ever rode.  They “rolled the frontier backwards” defeating the Spanish, French, and Texans… but only for a time. Second the Empire of the Summer Moon recommendation; a really nice read, and the story of Quanah Parker (and his mother, Cynthia Ann, who was the real-life inspiration for The Searchers) is amazing. 

scribnerbooks:

babylonfalling:

Indian Tribal Lands 1493.

Click here to zoom.

Amazing and depressing. One of our favorite books last year? “Empire of the Summer Moon” which details the rise-and-fall of the Commanches. Here, they are just a section of a map. In reality, they were the best horseman who ever rode.  They “rolled the frontier backwards” defeating the Spanish, French, and Texans… but only for a time.

Second the Empire of the Summer Moon recommendation; a really nice read, and the story of Quanah Parker (and his mother, Cynthia Ann, who was the real-life inspiration for The Searchers) is amazing. 

(via theatlantic)

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