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Empire of the Summer Moon Final Essay

In a well-written and thoughtful essay, answer the following five questions concerning the monograph, Empire of the Summer Moon, by S.C. Gwynne.

To do well on this essay you must fully answer all of the questions in an essay form. Please do not simply write the questions number and the answer. Make it an essay.

Important: you must cite specific information in the book that corresponds to your points. A simple parenthesis with a page number is fine for citation, e.g. (175).

Finally, the only material you can reference is the book itself. Please do not use outside sources or summaries. That would do more harm than good since it would be plagiarism. Plagiarism is bad. I have not had too much problem with it so far this semester. Let us not start now.

There is no min or max page limit to this essay, but I think a good essay would probably fall in the range of 3-5 pages. These are large questions, after all.

Please use the standard essay format: double-spaced, 11 or 12pt font, Times New Roman or Arial script (or any other professional script).

Questions to answer:

  1. Why do you think Gwynne wrote this book? What was the main point he was trying to get across? Was he effective in convincing you about his point?
  2. How did race and ethnicity factor into the realities of the Texas frontier? Can the story of the “West” be told in terms of race? Why or why not? Be sure to give specific examples from the book.
  3. Compare and contrast white-Texan culture to the culture of the Comanche during the 19th Century. What major differences and/or similarities do you see? Be sure to use specific examples from the book.
  4. In your opinion, was Quanah Parker a “preserver of the Comanche culture” or a “sell-out?” Is he a heroic figure of the Comanche or just a person that adopted the “American ways?” Be specific and give examples from the book that fit your argument.
  5. Finally, in a concluding paragraph, briefly write what you thought of the book. Did you like or dislike it? What worked and what did not? Be honest here. I like to get feedback to decide if I will continue to use the book in the future.

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Running head: EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON

Empire of the Summer Moon

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EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON

Empire of the Summer Moon

Gwyne, (2010) employs the tragic history of Cynthia Ann and her mixed blood children
as a framework for understanding the implications of clashes between cultures. Gwyne, (2010)
aims to present a great tale of the military conflicts against Comanche Indians in Texas and
Colorado. The Comanche Indians were a successful military force with mastery in warfare,
trackless deserts. Gwyne, (2010) presents an account of the Quanah Parker, a war chief who
waged a resistance in the backdrop of America’s policy of annihilation. The book presents the
main argument of the Comanche Indian and Americans throughout the conflict. The book
succeeds in providing an even handed perspective of the military conflict, the rise and fall of
Comanche Indians.

Towards the end of the book, Quanah Parker explains how the white man had displaced
Indians off their land. Quanah, who was a Comanche warrior, surrendered to officials from the
U.S. government in 1875. Race did play a significant role, as the forty year battle between the
white man and the Comanche Indians for control of Texas. While it is a non-fiction account of
the war, Gwyne, (2010) demonstrates how there were atrocities from both sides and how each
side tried to control their destinies using whatever means they could. Race can be said to have
played a role as the Parker Clan were Promised Land in the Indian frontier for allegiance to
Mexico. The Comanche Indians attacked the Parker Clan in retaliation as they did in the past to

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repel encroaching tribes like the Mexicans and Anglos. From the title of the book, the Comanche
were the most powerful tribe and they owed their prowess to the horse which afforded them
mobility and gave them military dominance. As Gwyne, (2010) demonstrates, “Mackenzie […]
had been dispatched to kill Comanches in their Great Plains f...


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