Cohographs cover

Cohographs

by Coho Smith

Born John Jeremiah Smith on Dec. 4, 1826 in Pennsylvania, he first came to Texas in 1842 as a 16-year-old. He stayed only a short time, but within a year or two he had settled in Texas for good. His nickname, earned in surviving a Comanche lance wound, came from a corruption of the Spanish word for lame, “cojo.” Self-educated and fluent in several languages, including Comanche, Smith was quite a character. He recorded his more notable adventures in a journal and drew sketches of things he saw and did, including a striking color depiction of a fight with Comanches along the Rio Grande in 1847. Cohographs is the compilations of his journal and sketches by his grand-daughter Iva Roe Logan.

Chappie’s discussion starters

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?