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| Genre/Form: | History |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Dee Brown |
| ISBN: | 0684804417 9780684804415 |
| OCLC Number: | 60297849 |
| Description: | 461 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Contents: | Westward march -- Longhorns and pioneers -- Cattle, horses, and cowboys -- Red Cloud of the Sioux -- Black Kettle of the Cheyennes -- Kiowa and Comanche -- Conquest of Cochise -- Treaties and the Thieves' road -- Big rolling land -- Story of a western town -- Finer things in life -- Myth and its makers -- Rip-roaring trail towns -- Vision of Sitting Bull -- Warriors come in -- Dull Knife marches home -- Captain Jack and the Modocs -- Joseph of the Nez Perces -- Peace seekers -- Saga of Dodge City -- Beef bonanza -- Billy the Kid -- Free grass in the Northwest -- Big blizzards and little wars -- Jollification -- Geronimo and the Chiricahuas -- Ghost Dance and Wounded Knee -- Wild west shows and rodeos -- Law, order, and politics. |
| Responsibility: | Dee Brown ; photos edited by Martin F. Schmitt. |
Abstract:
By the author of "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee", this work portrays life in the American West from 1840 to the turn of the century. It interweaves stories of native Americans, ranchers and settlers,
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