Synopses & Reviews
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"A very important book.... Readers will understand better who the Shoshoni were, who they are, and why the conditions of 1840–1865 dealt with them so tragically."—Montana Magazine
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"An excellent chronicle of antagonism between the far-flung, loosely affiliated Shoshonis and a cavalcade of western travelers, Mormon settlers, and jumpy soldiers."—American Historical Review
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"An excellent study of this neglected frontier and the tragecy that climaxed two decades of ever-increasing friction between the native inhabitants and the newcomers of a little-know part of the West."—The Western Historical Quarterly
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"The research is comprehensive and deep and the scholarship excellent."—Robert M. Utley