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Crazy Horse and Custer : the Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors (75 Edition) by Stephen E. Ambrose Publisher Comments On the sparkling morning of June 25, 1876, 611 men of the United States 7th Cavalry rode toward the banks of the Little Bighorn in the Montana Territory, where 3,000 Indians stood waiting for battle. The lives... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper 
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The Battle of the Little Bighorn by Mari Sandoz Publisher Comments Mari Sandoz's account of the battle in which General George Armstrong Custer staked his life—and lost—reveals on every page the author's intimate knowledge of her subject. The character of the Sioux, the personality of Custer, the... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Son of the Morning Star: Custer and the Little Bighorn by Evan S. Connell Publisher Comments Custer's Last Stand is among the most enduring events in American history--more than one hundred years after the fact, books continue to be written and people continue to argue about even the most basic details surrounding the Little Bighorn. Evan S... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Western Frontier Library #68: Our Centennial Indian War and the Life of General Custer by Frances Fuller Victor Publisher Comments Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer was widely known as a Civil War figure, author, and successful cavalry leader before his spectacular defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876 by Lakota and Northern Cheyenne Indians. His actions—and... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $21.00 Used - Hardcover
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The Fetterman Massacre: Formerly Fort Phil Kearny, an American Saga by Dee Brown Publisher Comments The Fetterman Massacre occurred on December 21, 1866, at Fort Phil Kearny, a small outpost in the foothills of the Big Horns. The second battle in American history from which came no survivors, it became a cause célèbre and was the... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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"Boots and Saddles" or, Life in Dakota with General Custer by Elizabeth B. Custer Publisher Comments The honeymoon of Elizabeth Bacon and George Armstrong Custer was interrupted in 1864 by his call to duty with the Army of the Potomac. She begged to be allowed to go along, thus setting the pattern of her future life. From that time on, she accompanied... (read more) List Price $18.75 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Forts of the Upper Missouri by Robert G Athearn Publisher Comments This book brings to life one of the most exciting eras in American history. In late 1819 Colonel Henry Atkinson led an expedition to explore the wilderness of the Upper Missouri and establish sites for a string of military posts, which would extend... (read more) List Price $38.50 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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In the Shadow of Wounded Knee: The Untold Final Story of the Indian Wars by Roger Di Silvestro Publisher Comments At the Pine Ridge Sioux Reservation on January 7, 1891, Lieutenant Edward Casey (the last white soldier to die in the Indian Wars) was assassinated by Lakota warrior Plenty Horses. Four days later peaceful Lakota hunters were ambushed by rancher Pete... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Essential Histories #59: The Plains Wars 1757-1900 by Charles M Robinson Publisher Comments The Great Plains cover the central two-thirds of the United States, and during the nineteenth century were home to some of the largest and most powerful Indian tribes on the continent. The conflict between those tribes and the newcomers from the Old... (read more) List Price $18.75 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Touched by Fire: The Life, Death, and Mythic Afterlife of George Armstrong Custer by Louise Barnett Review "Custer aficionados who mistakenly believe that there is nothing more to know . . . better have a look at Touched by Fire. Remarkably rich and revealing. "-Dee Brown, author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee "Elegantly written . . . the most exhaustive... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Military and United States Indian Policy 1865-1903 by Robert Alle Wooster Review "A superior and important book. . . . [Wooster] succinctly identifies and illumines significant truths about the military establishment and its role in the final stages of confrontation and conflict along the western Indian frontier."-Robert M. Utley... (read more) List Price $10.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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White Devil: A True Story of War, Savagery, and Vengeance in Colonial America by Stephen Brumwell Publisher Comments In America's first war, known as the French and Indian War, France and England-both in unholy alliance with warring Native American tribes-battled each other in a series of bloody conflicts and terrifying attacks on colonial settlements. No more brutal... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $18.95 Used - Hardcover
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Blood at Sand Creek: The Massacre Revisited by Bob Scott Publisher Comments The dust around the site of the Sand Creek Massacre settled long ago. The blood spilled there no longer stains the groud. But the echoes of rifle shots, the death cries of the slain and the words of accusation and slander reverberate yet - 150 + years... (read more) List Price $7.16 Your price: $6.35 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The American Heritage History of the Indian Wars by Robert M Utley Publisher Comments Indian Wars recounts the conflicts between Native Americans and white settlers that lasted 400 years. The authors examine both small battles and major wars, from the native rebellion of 1492 to the massacre at Wounded Knee.... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Betrayals: Fort William Henry and the "Massacre" by Ian Kenneth Steele Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 200-240) and index.... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A Terrible Glory: Custer and the Little Bighorn -- The Last Great Battle of the American West by James Donovan Publisher Comments In June of 1876, on a desolate hill above a winding river called the Little Bighorn, George Armstrong Custer and all 210 men under his direct command were annihilated by almost 2,000 Sioux and Cheyenne. The news of this devastating loss caused a public... (read more) List Price $26.99 Your price: $15.50 Used - Hardcover
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A Guide To the Indian Wars of the West (Bison Book) by John D. Mcdermott Publisher Comments From 1860 to 1890 the United States military engaged in war after war with the indigenous peoples of the West. Although numerous treaties recognized the rights of individual tribes, the U.S. government often did nothing to stop settlers from expanding... (read more) List Price $20.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Bloodshed At Little Bighorne (10 Edition) by Tim Lehman Publisher Comments Commonly known as Custer's Last Stand, the Battle of Little Bighorn may be the best recognized violent conflict between the indigenous peoples of North America and the government of the United States. Incorporating the voices of Native Americans... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $11.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Crimsoned prairie :the Indian wars by S L A Marshall Publisher Comments This is the first study of the military tactics employed by the Plains Indians and the U.S. Army in their long war for the American frontier. The Indian Wars were sloppily fought, horribly mis-matched, absurdly wasteful; commanders hunted the Sioux to... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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On the Border with Crook by John Bourke Publisher Comments From 1870 until 1886 Captain John O. Bourke served on the staff of General George Crook, who Sherman described as the greatest Indian fighter the army ever had, a man whose prowess was demon-strated "from British America to Mexico, from the Missouri... (read more) List Price $26.50 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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