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Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
A history of the bloody massacres that marked--and marred--the settling of the American West in the nineteenth century, and which still provoke immense controversy today. Here are the true stories of the massacres at Sacramento River, Mountain Meadows, Sand Creek, Marias River, Camp Grant, and Wounded Knee, among others. These massacres involved Americans killing Indians, Indians killing Americans, and, in one case, Mormons slaughtering a party of...
Author
Series
Fort Henry saga volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Indians and white renegades harass a group of pioneers as they move west and attempt to establish frontier settlements.
Author
Publisher
Vintage Books, A Division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"With the end of the Civil War, the nation recommenced its expansion onto traditional Indian tribal lands, setting off a wide-ranging conflict that would last more than three decades. In an exploration of the wars and negotiations that destroyed tribal ways of life even as they made possible the emergence of the modern United States, Peter Cozzens gives us both sides in comprehensive and singularly intimate detail. He illuminates the encroachment...
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Description
"This book is the story of the Lakota and how they were forced onto a reservation, told from the point of view of Red Cloud, warrior and chief of the Lakota. It is a heavily illustrated account, with both text and illustrations by S. D. Nelson."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
American trails volume 1-2
Publisher
Arthur H. Clark
Pub. Date
1960, ©1922
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Audio
Pub. Date
℗2009.
Language
English
Description
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is Dee Brown's eloquent, fully documented account of the systematic destruction of the American Indian during the second half of the nineteenth century. A national bestseller in hardcover for more than a year after its initial publication, it has sold almost four million copies and has been translated into seventeen languages. Using council records, autobiographies, and firsthand descriptions, Brown allows the great chiefs...
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