BrentB posted a link on another thread for a free audio book by Tom Clancy. I don’t know if the book is good but it was free so I will find out. I had listened to another book, Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancy and liked it so maybe this will be good also.
His post gave me an idea that maybe we could recommend audio books we like with a brief description of the book on this thread. I spend a lot of time in my vehicle so the audio book is a good companion and helps keep me awake.
A little over two years ago I saw a similar link for a free audio book from audible and download it. “Charlie Wilson’s War by George Crile”.
Charlie Wilson was a Senator from Texas and was instrumental in the defeat of the Soviets in Afghanistan. This book will give you some insight of why we are having so much trouble in that country. This book got me hooked on audio books and now I have 52. Most are good to excellent but I do have a few duds and some so so.
So my recommendation to start this would be “Empire of the Summer Moon by S C Gwynne”
Quote from the publisher – “Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
Few people realize that the Comanche Indians were the greatest warring tribe in American history. Their 40-year battle with settlers held up the development of the new nation. Empire of the Summer Moon tells of the rise and fall of this fierce, powerful, and proud tribe, and begins in 1836 with the kidnapping of a lovely nine-year-old girl with cornflower blue eyes named Cynthia Ann Parker. She grew to love her captors and eventually became famous as the "White Squaw." She married a powerful Comanche chief, and their son, Quanah, became a warrior who was never defeated and whose bravery and military brilliance in the Texas panhandle made him a legend as one of the greatest of the Plains Indian chiefs.
In this vivid piece of writing, S. C. Gwynne describes in sometimes brutal detail the savagery of both whites and Comanches and, despite the distance of time, demonstrates how truly shocking these events were, juxtaposed against the haunting story of an unforgettable figure of a woman caught between two worlds.”
This book gives an unbiased account of the Indians and settlers without taking either side. You learn the good and bad of both. The author did a good job of researching old letters, notes and books from that time period and has presented a comprehensive narrative of the Comanche nation.
Dave
www.marinautboats.com
His post gave me an idea that maybe we could recommend audio books we like with a brief description of the book on this thread. I spend a lot of time in my vehicle so the audio book is a good companion and helps keep me awake.
A little over two years ago I saw a similar link for a free audio book from audible and download it. “Charlie Wilson’s War by George Crile”.
Charlie Wilson was a Senator from Texas and was instrumental in the defeat of the Soviets in Afghanistan. This book will give you some insight of why we are having so much trouble in that country. This book got me hooked on audio books and now I have 52. Most are good to excellent but I do have a few duds and some so so.
So my recommendation to start this would be “Empire of the Summer Moon by S C Gwynne”
Quote from the publisher – “Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
Few people realize that the Comanche Indians were the greatest warring tribe in American history. Their 40-year battle with settlers held up the development of the new nation. Empire of the Summer Moon tells of the rise and fall of this fierce, powerful, and proud tribe, and begins in 1836 with the kidnapping of a lovely nine-year-old girl with cornflower blue eyes named Cynthia Ann Parker. She grew to love her captors and eventually became famous as the "White Squaw." She married a powerful Comanche chief, and their son, Quanah, became a warrior who was never defeated and whose bravery and military brilliance in the Texas panhandle made him a legend as one of the greatest of the Plains Indian chiefs.
In this vivid piece of writing, S. C. Gwynne describes in sometimes brutal detail the savagery of both whites and Comanches and, despite the distance of time, demonstrates how truly shocking these events were, juxtaposed against the haunting story of an unforgettable figure of a woman caught between two worlds.”
This book gives an unbiased account of the Indians and settlers without taking either side. You learn the good and bad of both. The author did a good job of researching old letters, notes and books from that time period and has presented a comprehensive narrative of the Comanche nation.
Dave
www.marinautboats.com
