Everybody seemed to learn something new from this month's book, Empire of the Summer Moon, which tells the tale of the destruction of the Comanche nation by the westward push of white settlers in the mid-to-late 1800s. Focusing particularly on the experiences of a white captive woman and her "half-breed" son, who became one of the last prominent Comanche chiefs, the story chronicles the prolonged but inevitable replacement of the hunter-gatherer indians by the farmer/rancher whites. It also details the brutality (on both sides) that accompanied the take over of the southern Great Plains and hints at the future politics and culture of this part of the country.
As usual, other topics arose such as our members travel to places like Paris/London, SE Asia, Ecuador, and, yes, Texas.
Our next book is Laura Hillenbrand's, Unbroken; and the planned meeting is April 27. Other books suggested were two novels: Tom Rachman's The Imperfectionists and Mohsin Hamid's The Reluctant Fundamentalist. Paul suggests the next book.
