Comanche Dawn

by Mike Blakely

Book Overview

In Comanche Dawn Mike Blakely does for the Comanche nation what Ruth Bebe Hills did for the Sioux in Hanta Yo. This landmark novel is the first time the story has been told from the point of view of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812548337
• ISBN13: 9780812548334
• Release Date: May 1999
• Publisher: Forge
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 4.2" x 6.7"

Customer Reviews

Spanish Horse! Alive in History .

If you love Horses, you've got to read "Comanche Dawn"! MIke Blakely has done a tremendous job researching and developing and "causing to come to life" Comanche History. I normaly don't care for western novels. However, as a horselover, Blakely had me totally mesmarized. First, because he has accurately portrayed the appearance of the Spanish Horse in America. Second, because he masterfully developed and integrated history and characters so well that I just couldn't put the book down. Finally, as a natural horseman he has me wanting to ride like the Comanche, with war bridle, Comanche loops, et al. I can hardly wait for his sequel to see how the Comanche and the Spanish Horse continue to write early American History!

Great book, one of Blakely's best

This book is a tremendous coup by an author who already has a lot of notches in his gun. Blakely started out writing more traditional westerns, and all of them were very good. This isn't a traditional western, so I was veering from what I normally read, but this is just as good and enthralling from beginning to end. Give Blakely a chance, whether you read westerns or not. If you like this book, also try Kirby Jonas's Death of an Eagle. These two make a great pair, one on the Shoshones, one on their cousins the Comanches.

a great read for native american buffs

I just finished this book and think it is one of the best. This is a good insight into the evolution of the Indian from ground fighter to mounted light cavalry. Mr. Blakely obviously did some thorough research into how the Comanche came to be feared and respected as horse warriors. It is written in a style that garners your attention early in the book and keeps you interested to the end. This book is written from the Comanche's point of view which is the antilog of most western works. This side of the story needs more exposure and I for one, am glad that Mr. Blakely wrote this book. Read it and you will enjoy the story while being introduced to an untold facet of history. Rex Fields

A work of vision

This novel focuses on the moment in time when what were then Shoshone came across the horse. Very quickly, these two different spirits combined to form one soul, and a new race--the horse Indian--was born. Author Blakely focuses on this unique and magnificent relationship between man and animal that forged one of the most powerful American Indian nations in history. COMANCHE DAWN is a novel of a horse culture by a horseman, who possesses an uncanny understanding of the Comanche mind and experience. This novel is a remarkable achievement by a writer who knows his craft. I highly recommend it.