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Comanches The Destruction of a People

T.R. Fehrenbach

Absolutely authoritative and immediate, this is the story of the most powerful of American Indian tribes, the Comanches (they called themselves the “true human beingsâ€), who rode into modern history in a headlong collision with western civilization. T. R. Fehrenbach here recreates their rise to p...

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Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast

The hosts described the book as a solid account of the Comanche’s violent history, noting their brutality, poor hygiene, and exceptional horsemanship that propelled their power. Shane praised a friend’s suggestion and called it a good, engaging read for anyone interested in that era. Overall, the discussion presented the title as a worthwhile recommendation for listeners.

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Episode: Ep-308 Love in Australia

It was described as a good book, detailing the Comanche's history, and how they were savage and violent, particularly towards other tribes and settlers.

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If you do any research into actually what Native Americans are doing it's nuts.

So what it it's a pretty simple explanation for why the why Native Americans were fucking fired up rowdy boys.

Yeah, so then you'd run into this tribe of dudes that were living like cavemen, Yeah, and they'd be rowdy dude. Obviously, they're gonna fucking throw shit at you.

Comanche fucking rule They absolutely rule their ugly short shitty people that everybody crushed so they came over

They sucked they were short. They never you know every so we see we see like the Northeast Native Americans is like that's like what's on yeah, that's what you see is like these tall slender fucking athletic sinewy long motherfuckers

Episode: Ep-308 Love in Australia

It was described as a good book that discussed the Comanches' history, highlighting their brutality and lack of hygiene, but also their skill with horses, which helped them rise to power.

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Rogies posted something on Instagram yesterday, so I immediately downloaded the book and listened to it. I'm like halfway through it already.

If you do any research into actually what Native Americans are doing, it's nuts.

It's a pretty simple explanation for why the why Native Americans were fucking fired up, rowdy boys.

They were hunter-gatherers, they were from the fucking Stone Age, yeah, running into today, you know, essentially today. It was like 1800 future, man.

Damn, thank you, praise Rogies for recommending his. I read some of his poster. He was in the sauna just bugging out on Comanches and being like, dude, it is a fucking like that's it's a wild to read.

The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show

It was mentioned while discussing the origin of the term 'howitzer' during a conversation about military weaponry. The speaker recalled reading this book about the Indian Wars and learning about the powerful mountain howitzer used against Native American tribes in the mid-19th century.

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This came up when I was reading my Ferenbach book on the Indian Wars. The mountain howitzer was a very powerful weapon used in the mid 19th century against the tribes. And I was like, howitzer must be...

— Episode: Daily Review with Clay and Buck - Jul 2...

Episode: Daily Review with Clay and Buck - Jul 2 2024

It was mentioned while discussing the origin of the term 'howitzer' during a conversation about military weaponry. The speaker recalled reading this book about the Indian Wars and learning about the powerful mountain howitzer used against Native American tribes in the mid-19th century.

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This came up when I was reading my Ferenbach book on the Indian Wars. The mountain howitzer was a very powerful weapon used in the mid 19th century against the tribes. And I was like, howitzer must be named for somebody.

Episode: Sunday Hang with Clay and Buck - June 30 2024

The book starts at the beginning of colonial settlement of America and takes you through the history of the Comanche tribe, highlighting their barbaric warfare tactics that were not taught in schools. It also talks about how the Comanche tribe were responsible for stopping the expansion of the American Southwest.

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Read Comanche by T.R. Fehrenbach, everybody. It is so good. And it starts at the very beginning of the colonial settlement of America. Takes you all the way through. It's amazing.

Episode: Hour 1 - Anti-Semitic Leftists Riot in Washington

It was described as a very good read, covering the history of colonial America through to a later period, focusing on the Comanche tribe and their actions, particularly in Texas.

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Read Comanche by T.R. Ferenbach, everybody. It is so good, and it starts at the very beginning of the colonial settlement of America. Takes you all the way through. It's amazing.

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