Writing style
Descriptive · Direct · Journalistic
Apple BooksEmpire of the summer moon
History
- Print length
- 371 pagesScribner, 2010
Description
S. C. Gwynne’s Empire of the Summer Moon recounts a forty-year conflict over territory between white settlers and Comanche forces. Its history begins with the kidnapping of a white girl who later marries a Comanche chief. Their son, Quanah, grows into a major Comanche warrior, linking the family story to the wider territorial struggle. The book follows this conflict through the experiences of people directly bound to it, giving readers both a multigenerational thread and an account of the opposing forces contesting the same land over four decades.
Reading profile
About this profile
Collected’s assessment, not reader ratings. Complexity runs from 1 (least demanding) to 5 (most demanding).
- Writing
- How much attention the sentences and language require.
- Ideas
- How much interpretation or abstract reasoning the book asks of you.
- Structure
- How much you need to keep track of speakers, timelines and connections.
- Background knowledge
- Prior knowledge needed to follow the book, beyond what it explains.
- Emotional intensity
- Emotional pressure, from gentle (1) to intense (5). Separate from difficulty.
Pace
Brisk
Tone
Atmospheric · Dark · Earnest · Tense
Structure
Braided · Chronological nonfiction
Focus
Character · Plot · World
Emotional intensity
4 / 5
Reading complexity
1–5 · higher means more demanding- Writing
- 3 / 5
- Ideas
- 3 / 5
- Structure
- 3 / 5
- Background knowledge
- 2 / 5
Themes
Book details
For the print edition listed above.
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781416591054, 9781416591061, 9781416597155
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