ISBN: 9780307958044

Edition: First edition.

Description: xxi, 544 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Other Title: Epic story of the Indian wars for the American West

Notes:

• "This is a Borzoi Book".
• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

• Prologue: Our children sometimes behave badly
• The plains aflame
• Red Cloud's War
• Warrior and soldier
• Hancock's War
• The last treaty
• Of Garryowen in glory
• The bloody policy of peace
• Tragedy in the Lava Beds
• The Buffalo War
• No rest, no peace
• Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse
• The Thieves' Road
• Guard us against all misfortune
• Last Stand
• The Great Father's fury
• A warrior I have been
• I will fight no more forever
• The Utes must go!
• Return to Apacheria
• Like so many vultures, greedy for blood
• Once I moved like the wind
• A clash of visions
• The place of the big killings.

Control Number: 1868117

Subjects:

• Indigenous peoples -- Wars -- 1866-1895 -- North America.
• West (U.S.) -- History -- 1860-1890.