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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...
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The Deadliest Indian War in the West: The Snake Conflict, 1864-1868
by Gregory Michno Publisher Comments The Snake War is one of the least known of the many clashes of culture that occurred in the American West during the 19th century. People have long relished tales of the underdog and celebrated lost causes. We appreciate and praise those who have fought...
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Forty Miles a Day on Beans and Hay: The Enlisted Soldier Fighting the Indian Wars
by Don Jr Rickey Review "Highly informative, engrossing reading." Robert M. Utley...
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Little Bighorn Battlefield
by Robert M Utley Publisher Comments An offficial history and guide to the Battle of the Little Bighorn in Southeastern Montana, where Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer and his 7th Cavalry were defeated by Teton Sioux and Northern Cheyenne Indians....
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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...
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William Tecumseh Sherman and the Settlement of the West
by Robert G Athearn Synopsis William Tecumseh Sherman is known primarily for having cut a swath of destruction through Georgia and the Carolinas during the Civil War. From the fame of these years, however, he moved into an eighteen-year phase of "insuring the tranquility" of the...
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The Old Army: Memories, 1872-1918 (Frontier Classics)
by James Parker Publisher Comments Memories 1872-1918. Introduction by Sandy Bernard....
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Fort Laramie and the Great Sioux War
by Paul L Hedren Synopsis Founded in 1834 on the high plains of present-day eastern Wyoming, Fort Laramie evolved into an organizational hub and chief supply center for the U.S. Army in its campaigns against the Sioux and Cheyenne Indians. Fort Laramie and the Great Sioux War...
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Little Big Horn 1876: Custer's Last Stand (Praeger Illustrated Military History)
by Peter F Panzeri Publisher Comments The death of George Armstrong Custer, and over half of his 7th Cavalry Regiment in the valley of the Little Big Horn on 25 July 1876, has become the most celebrated battle of the Indian wars. It was the greatest, and the last, victory of the Native...
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Campaigns and Commanders #2: Morning Star Dawn: The Powder River Expedition and the Northern Cheyennes, 1876
by Jerome A Greene Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-275) and index....
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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....
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In Custer's Shadow: Major Marcus Reno
by Ronald H. Nichols Synopsis During the Battle of the Little Big Horn, five entire companies of the 7th Cavalry, including their leader, George Armstrong Custer, were lost. For years the shadow of blame for the defeat has been cast upon Custer. What role did his subordinates play in...
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Red Sabbath: The Battle of Little Bighorn
by Robert Kershaw Synopsis There are few battles in the sometimes bloody history of the expansion of the United States in North America during the Indian Wars that are more famous than Little Bighorn. The romantic view of Custer's last stand against marauding hordes of Indians has...
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A Travel Guide to the Plains Indian Wars
by Stan Edward Hoig Synopsis This history and guidebook is composed of two parts: first, narratives of the Plains Indian conflicts and, second, directions to battle sites in Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming....
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Custer and the Little Big Horn (History & Heritage)
by Jim Donovan Publisher Comments Custer and Little Bighorn is the first major illustrated book to examine the life of this complex figure and this equally complex battle that would forever change history. Lavishly illustrated with many rare illustrations, it’s also the first...
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Yellowstone Command: Colonel Nelson A. Miles and the Great Sioux War, 1876-1877
by Jerome A Greene Publisher Comments Shortly after Custer’s defeat in the Battle of the Little Bighorn, Colonel Nelson A. Miles and his Fifth Infantry launched several significant campaigns to destroy the Lakota–Northern Cheyenne coalition in the Yellowstone River basin. Miles’s...
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The Mystery of E Troop: Custer's Gray Horse Company at the Little Bighorn
by Gregory Michno Synopsis The men of Company E rode big gray horses that stood out amidst the confusion during the afternoon of June 25, 1876. Twenty -eight of these men were found dead in a ravine after the fighting ceased. But which ravine? Why couldn't the army find their...
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Campaigns and Commanders #6: Blue Water Creek and the First Sioux War, 1854-1856
by R Eli Paul Publisher Comments In previous accounts, the U.S. Army's first clashes with the powerful Sioux tribe appear as a set of irrational events with a cast of improbable characters--a Mormon cow, a brash lieutenant, a drunken interpreter, an unfortunate Brule chief, and an...
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Frontier Cavalryman: Lieutenant John Bigelow and the Buffalo Soldiers in Texas
by Marcos E Kinevan Synopsis Using period diaries and other sources, Frontier Cavalryman recreates the Army life of African American "buffalo soldiers" and their white commanding officers on the Texas frontier during the late nineteenth century. It shows how attitudes toward blacks...
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American Indian Wars: Confrontations Between Native Peoples and Settlers and United States Military, 1500s1901
by Michael L Nunnally Synopsis On June 3, 1513, ships commanded by Juan Ponce de Leon were attacked by a group of Calusa Indians in one of the first hostile encounters recorded between Europeans and Native Americans. Over the next four centuries, fundamental differences in land use...
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