• *Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History* by S. C. Gwynne.
• *The Blue, the Gray and the Red* by Thom Hatch.
• *The Comanchero Frontier: A History of New Mexican-Plains Indian Relations* by Charles L. Kenner.
• *Crow Killer: The Saga of Liver-Eating Johnson* by Raymond W. Thorp Jr. and Robert Bunker.
• *White Devil: A True Story of War, Savagery And Vengeance in Colonial America* by Stephen Brumwell.
• *Simon Girty Turncoat Hero: The Most Hated Man on the Early American Frontier* by Phillip W. Hoffman.
Allan Eckert’s “The Winning of America” Series (historical fiction – 65% European and American settler history; 35% Native American except for A Sorrow in Our Heart which is 100% Native American history).
• *The Frontiersmen* – largely about the life and exploits of Simon Kenton and his contemporaries: white and Native.
• *Wilderness Empire* – about the French and Indian War: 1754 to 1763.
• *The Conquerors* – about Pontiac’s Rebellion: 1763.
• *The Wilderness War* – through the American Revolution: 1763 to 1780.
• *Gateway to Empire* – settlement of the Chicago portage (“The Gateway”) towards the War of 1812.
• *Twilight of Empire* – through the Black Hawk War: 1830s.
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Butchers Crossing
Not as brutal but if you haven’t read Lonesome Dove (and other 3 books in the series) you probably should
Alas-Earwigs on
The Indifferent Stars Above is a fantastic book about the Donner party.
Caleb_Trask19 on
Women’s Diaries of the Westward Journey. Brutal realities are horrific. One daughter dying of consumption was terrified of wolves eating her body unless she was buried deep enough, and when the exhausted wagon train wouldn’t dig anymore she climbed into the grave to dig more herself until they were shamed and they took over again.
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• *Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee* by Dee Brown.
• *Patriot Chiefs* by Alvin M. Josephy, Jr.
• *Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History* by S. C. Gwynne.
• *The Blue, the Gray and the Red* by Thom Hatch.
• *The Comanchero Frontier: A History of New Mexican-Plains Indian Relations* by Charles L. Kenner.
• *Crow Killer: The Saga of Liver-Eating Johnson* by Raymond W. Thorp Jr. and Robert Bunker.
• *White Devil: A True Story of War, Savagery And Vengeance in Colonial America* by Stephen Brumwell.
• *Simon Girty Turncoat Hero: The Most Hated Man on the Early American Frontier* by Phillip W. Hoffman.
Allan Eckert’s “The Winning of America” Series (historical fiction – 65% European and American settler history; 35% Native American except for A Sorrow in Our Heart which is 100% Native American history).
• *The Frontiersmen* – largely about the life and exploits of Simon Kenton and his contemporaries: white and Native.
• *Wilderness Empire* – about the French and Indian War: 1754 to 1763.
• *The Conquerors* – about Pontiac’s Rebellion: 1763.
• *The Wilderness War* – through the American Revolution: 1763 to 1780.
• *Gateway to Empire* – settlement of the Chicago portage (“The Gateway”) towards the War of 1812.
• *Twilight of Empire* – through the Black Hawk War: 1830s.
Butchers Crossing
Not as brutal but if you haven’t read Lonesome Dove (and other 3 books in the series) you probably should
The Indifferent Stars Above is a fantastic book about the Donner party.
Women’s Diaries of the Westward Journey. Brutal realities are horrific. One daughter dying of consumption was terrified of wolves eating her body unless she was buried deep enough, and when the exhausted wagon train wouldn’t dig anymore she climbed into the grave to dig more herself until they were shamed and they took over again.
Read blood meridian again, you fool.