Review: Comanches: The History of a People

Comanches: The History of a People by T.R. Fehrenbach
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

An extremely in-depth look into the Comanches and related "Amerindians". Rather than objective, I would call this subjective but from every point of view.

I obviously don't know enough to corroborate or disprove anything in the book, but the impression is that a lot of the facts are taken at face value (no sources seem to be listed). However, this means that, while the frontiersmen and "Tejanos" come across in an often unfavorable light, the Comanches certainly do too.

The advantage of this approach, however, is that it allows to view the world from what is much more akin to the Comanche point of view (in addition to the settler point of view), and we see why they could not adapt to the inevitable encroachment of white people.

Despite having been written over 50 years ago, this is probably the definitive book on this subject.



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