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Title: The Comanche Empire

Author: Pekka Hamalainen

Narrator: Carla Mercer-Meyer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 19 hrs and 50 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-25-16

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 57 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

In the 18th and early 19th centuries, a Native American empire rose to dominate the fiercely contested lands of the American Southwest, the southern Great Plains, and northern Mexico. This powerful empire, built by the Comanche Indians, eclipsed its various European rivals in military prowess, political prestige, economic power, commercial reach, and cultural influence. Yet, until now, the Comanche empire has gone unrecognized in American history.

This compelling and original book uncovers the lost story of the Comanches. It is a story that challenges the idea of indigenous peoples as victims of European expansion and offers a new model for the history of colonial expansion, colonial frontiers, and Native-European relations in North America and elsewhere. Pekka Hämäläinen shows in vivid detail how the Comanches built their unique empire and resisted European colonization, and why they fell to defeat in 1875. With extensive knowledge and deep insight, the author brings into clear relief the Comanches' remarkable impact on the trajectory of history.

Critic Reviews:

"A fascinatingly informative volume." (Booklist)

Members Reviews:

Wow, the worst book ever

I am an avid reader and an avid audio book listener, nearly 700 audio books and I have never listened to a worse book. Both the book itself which is tedious and laboriously written and one of the most terrible narrators I have ever cringed through.

The book is like a doctoral thesis in which the author quotes a source, states a date and then goes on to another source and quotes a date... I kept waiting for it to get better, but it NEVER did. I do sympathize with the narrator a bit, as reading something like this would be mind numbing, but she flawlessly pronounces Spanish and French names while mispronouncing the english words, and her diction is awful.

I was hoping for a book about the Comanche culture, their history, their struggles, their triumphs... but what I got was the authors socio-political ramblings hour after hour. I don't know who the people are who rated this book highly, I can't imagine. This is not only not entertainment, it isn't interesting in the least... I tried. There are much better books about the Comanche "Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History" is superb. Spend your credits on that book, not this one.

Why is this not taught in American schools

definitely not a white washed version of an Indian tale. eye popping contrast from the American telling of the exact same story. no lies to make it easier

outstanding

simply brilliant. This will change your perspective on many subjects. it is well worth the read

Not recommended

Any additional comments?

I have over 100 titles in my Audible library and have thoroughly enjoyed almost every one. This is a startling exception to that rule. I prefer history, and I loved Empire of the Summer Moon. That book is filled with vivid details about the American West and Comanche life. This book has almost no detail about Comanche daily life. It's the author's daydreaming about political interplay between Comanche, French, Spanish, Mexican and Anglo-American societies.