Thieves' road : the Black Hills betrayal and Custer's path to Little Bighorn
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Published
Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2015.
Status
Rapid City Public Library - South Dakota - Adult
SOUTH DAKOTA BH 978.39.MOR 2015
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SOUTH DAKOTA BH 978.39.MOR 2015
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.) -- Discovery and exploration.
Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.) -- Discovery and exploration.
Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.) -- Discovery and exploration.
Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.) -- Gold discoveries.
Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.) -- Gold discoveries.
Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.) -- Gold discoveries.
Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.) -- History -- 19th century.
Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.) -- History -- 19th century.
Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.) -- History -- 19th century.
Custer, George A. -- (George Armstrong), -- 1839-1876 -- Travel -- Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.)
Custer, George A. -- (George Armstrong), -- 1839-1876 -- Travel -- Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.)
Custer, George A. -- (George Armstrong), -- 1839-1876 -- Travel -- Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.)
Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1866-1895.
Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1866-1895.
Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1866-1895.
Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.) -- Discovery and exploration.
Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.) -- Discovery and exploration.
Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.) -- Gold discoveries.
Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.) -- Gold discoveries.
Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.) -- Gold discoveries.
Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.) -- History -- 19th century.
Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.) -- History -- 19th century.
Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.) -- History -- 19th century.
Custer, George A. -- (George Armstrong), -- 1839-1876 -- Travel -- Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.)
Custer, George A. -- (George Armstrong), -- 1839-1876 -- Travel -- Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.)
Custer, George A. -- (George Armstrong), -- 1839-1876 -- Travel -- Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.)
Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1866-1895.
Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1866-1895.
Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1866-1895.
OCLC Fast Subjects
Custer, George A. -- (George Armstrong), -- 1839-1876.
Custer, George A. -- (George Armstrong), -- 1839-1876.
Custer, George A. -- (George Armstrong), -- 1839-1876.
Dakota Indians -- Government relations
Dakota Indians -- Government relations
Dakota Indians -- Government relations
Discoveries in geography.
Discoveries in geography.
Discoveries in geography.
Gold mines and mining.
Gold mines and mining.
Gold mines and mining.
History.
History.
History.
Indians of North America -- Wars.
Indians of North America -- Wars.
Indians of North America -- Wars.
Travel.
Travel.
Travel.
United States -- Black Hills.
United States -- Black Hills.
United States -- Black Hills.
Custer, George A. -- (George Armstrong), -- 1839-1876.
Custer, George A. -- (George Armstrong), -- 1839-1876.
Dakota Indians -- Government relations
Dakota Indians -- Government relations
Dakota Indians -- Government relations
Discoveries in geography.
Discoveries in geography.
Discoveries in geography.
Gold mines and mining.
Gold mines and mining.
Gold mines and mining.
History.
History.
History.
Indians of North America -- Wars.
Indians of North America -- Wars.
Indians of North America -- Wars.
Travel.
Travel.
Travel.
United States -- Black Hills.
United States -- Black Hills.
United States -- Black Hills.
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Published
Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2015.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
336 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-324) and index.
Description
In the summer of 1874, Brevet Major General George Armstrong Custer led an expedition of some 1000 troops and more than one hundred wagons into the Black Hills of South Dakota. This narrative history tells the little-known story of this exploratory mission and reveals how it set the stage for the climactic Battle of the Little Bighorn two years later. What is the significance of this obscure foray into the Black Hills? The short answer, as the author explains, is that Custer found gold. This discovery in the context of the worst economic depression the country had yet experienced spurred a gold rush that brought hordes of white prospectors to the Sioux's sacred grounds. The result was the trampling of an 1868 treaty that had granted the Black Hills to the Sioux and their inevitable retaliation against the white invasion. Mort brings the era of the Grant administration to life, with its "peace policy" of settling the Indians on reservations, corrupt federal Indian Bureau, Gilded Age excesses, the building of the western railroads, the white settlements that followed the tracks, the Crash of 1873, mining ventures, and the clash of white and Indian cultures with diametrically opposed values.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Mort, T. A. (2015). Thieves' road: the Black Hills betrayal and Custer's path to Little Bighorn . Prometheus Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Mort, T. A. 2015. Thieves' Road: The Black Hills Betrayal and Custer's Path to Little Bighorn. Prometheus Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Mort, T. A. Thieves' Road: The Black Hills Betrayal and Custer's Path to Little Bighorn Prometheus Books, 2015.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Mort, T. A. Thieves' Road: The Black Hills Betrayal and Custer's Path to Little Bighorn Prometheus Books, 2015.
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