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S. C. Gwynne

S. C. Gwynne

S. C. Gwynne

Sam Gwynne is an award-winning journalist whose work has appeared extensively in Time, for which he worked as bureau chief, national correspondent and senior editor from 1988 to 2000, and in Texas Monthly, where he was executive editor. His work has also appeared in the New York Times, Harper’s, and California Magazine. His previous book Outlaw Bank (co-authored with Jonathan Beaty) detailed the rise and fall of the corrupt global bank BCCI. He attended Princeton and Johns Hopkins and lives in Austin, Texas with his wife Katie and daughter Maisie.

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The Rise and Fall of the Comanches
May 10, 2011
Empire of the Summer Moon will be released on May 10, 2011 in Trade Paperback
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Empire of the Summer Moon is now available in Trade Paperback
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Empire of the Summer Moon will be released on May 25, 2010 in Hardcover, eBook
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Empire of the Summer Moon is now available in Hardcover, eBook
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Adult Book Discussion: Empire of the Summer Moon
Orland Park Patch, May 15, 2013
...1:00 pm–2:00 pm Join us for a book discussion of Empire of the Summer Moon by S. C. Gwynne.  No registration is required. Website: http://www.orlandparklibrary.org Phone: 708-428-5100 Email: askoppl@orlandparklibrary.org Price...
History lessons from the heart of Comancheria
Ames Daily Tribune, March 29, 2013
...history or the natural history of the area we’ll be visiting. “Empire of the Summer Moon,” by S. C. Gwynne and published in 2010 by Scribner, fell into my hands a few weeks ago. Our trip took us to Arizona right through the middle of a vast area...
Adopt The Digital Disruptor's Mindset
Forrester, February 15, 2013
...because of a spectacular new technology they not only adopted, but internalized: The horse. As perfectly described by S. C. Gwynne in his bestselling book, Empire of the Summer Moon, dozens of tribes across the Great Plains had horses. But most of these...
Lessons from the Indian Wars
Policy Review, February 2, 2013
...mostly militia, with little prior experience of warfare. By contrast, most Indian tribes fought as their profession. As S. C. Gwynne emphasizes in Empire of the Summer Moon, “American Indians were warlike by nature, and they were warlike for centuries...
Nixon Library events for October
Pulaskinews.net, September 27, 2012
...Parker and the rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful Indian tribe in American history by S. C. Gwynne. Next month’s title The prize winner of Defiance, Ohio: how my mother raised 10 kids on 25 words or less by Terry Ryan will be discussed in...
Your Weekend Longreads List on Dark Money
Mother Jones, June 22, 2012
...they're just not true." Recommended by editorial coordinator Hannah Levintova. Bob Perry Needs a Hug | S. C. Gwynne | Texas Monthly | April 2007 Before the 2008 election, Gwynne got the reclusive Texan who was America's (then) top political donor to open...