Book description
An epic new western in the grand tradition of True Grit and Lonesome Dove.
A 2022 Western Writers of America Spur Award Finalist for Best Traditional Western Novel.
"The best western I’ve read in a long, long time. Though a first novel, Daniels writes with the sure hand of an…
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The Comanche Kid is a breathtaking book that follows Jane, who witnesses her family's murder and her sister's kidnapping during a Comanche raid.
She disguises herself as her brother and embarks on a journey to find her sister and seek revenge. Along the way, she joins a cattle drive, encountering cowboys, Buffalo soldiers, and Comanches, experiencing the beauty and wrath of the West.
This intense novel fearlessly exposes the atrocities committed by all parties, while highlighting the destructive nature of vengeance. Nonetheless, it remains a compassionate tale of bravery and forgiveness. Trust me on this – you will not forget…
From Kim's list on fierce women in the American West.
Wow, what an exciting, intense, emotional book about a sixteen-year-old girl, after killing most of the band of Comanches who killed her family and stole her sister, joins up with a cattle drive dressed a boy, to drive her cattle to market through Texas, Oklahoma, and into Kansas. Whew!! Oh, and along the way, she talks some of the cowboys into going after the rest of the Comanches with not too favorable results. And... she falls in love with her sidekick! One of the best “westerns” I’ve read in a while and was a finalist for this year’s Spur Award…
From Mark's list on influential western literature.
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