Chamberlain, Samuel E. My Confession. Reprint. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1956.
Cozzens, Peter. The Earth is Weeping: The Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2016.
Gillett, James B. Six Years with the Texas Rangers: 1875–1881. Austin: Von Boeckmann-Jones Company, 1921.
Homer. The Iliad. Emily Wilson, trans. New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 2023.
Hutton, Paul Andrew. The Apache Wars: The Hunt for Geronimo, the Apache Kid, and the Captive Boy Who Started the Longest War in American History. New York: Crown, 2016.
McCarthy, Cormac. Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West. New York: Random House, 1985.
McMurtry, Larry. Lonesome Dove. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1985.
Sowell, Andrew Jackson. Rangers and Pioneers of Texas. San Antonio: Shepard Brothers & Company, 1884.
Love anything Indian Wars, Texas Rangers, Outlaws & Lawmen - historical or fiction (in many cases)
Had not heard of a couple of these. The hunt is on!
Thanks - love lists of books to sharpen my own reading
Hey, Tim! You and I have similar tastes, I see. I'm glad to give you a few more to add to your reading list.
Along these lines, you might also want to check out (if you haven't already done so):
Fehrenbach, T.R. Comanches. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974.
Gwynne, S.C. Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History. New York: Scribner, 2010.
Hämäläinen, Pekka. The Comanche Empire. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008.
Hämäläinen, Pekka. Lakota American: A New History of Indigenous Power. New Haven, Yale University Press, 2019.
Wilbarger, J.W. Indian Depredation in Texas. Reprint. N.P.: The Pemberton Press, 1967.
Have read:
Chamberlain, Samuel E. My Confession. Reprint. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1956.
Cozzens, Peter. The Earth is Weeping: The Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2016.
Gillett, James B. Six Years with the Texas Rangers: 1875–1881. Austin: Von Boeckmann-Jones Company, 1921.
Homer. The Iliad. Emily Wilson, trans. New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 2023.
Hutton, Paul Andrew. The Apache Wars: The Hunt for Geronimo, the Apache Kid, and the Captive Boy Who Started the Longest War in American History. New York: Crown, 2016.
McCarthy, Cormac. Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West. New York: Random House, 1985.
McMurtry, Larry. Lonesome Dove. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1985.
Sowell, Andrew Jackson. Rangers and Pioneers of Texas. San Antonio: Shepard Brothers & Company, 1884.
Love anything Indian Wars, Texas Rangers, Outlaws & Lawmen - historical or fiction (in many cases)
Had not heard of a couple of these. The hunt is on!
Thanks - love lists of books to sharpen my own reading
Hey, Tim! You and I have similar tastes, I see. I'm glad to give you a few more to add to your reading list.
Along these lines, you might also want to check out (if you haven't already done so):
Fehrenbach, T.R. Comanches. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974.
Gwynne, S.C. Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History. New York: Scribner, 2010.
Hämäläinen, Pekka. The Comanche Empire. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008.
Hämäläinen, Pekka. Lakota American: A New History of Indigenous Power. New Haven, Yale University Press, 2019.
Wilbarger, J.W. Indian Depredation in Texas. Reprint. N.P.: The Pemberton Press, 1967.
Gwynne’s is one of my very favorites, right behind Lonesome Dove
But thanks for the additional suggestions!