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1) Geronimo
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
xii, 348 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Renowned for ferocity in battle, legendary for an uncanny ability to elude capture. feared for the violence of his vengeful raids. the Apache fighter Geronimo captured the public imagination in his own time and remains a mythic figure today. This thoroughly researched biography by a renowned historian of the American West strips away the myths and rumors that have long obscured the real Geronimo and presents an authentic portrait of a man with unique...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1963
Physical Desc
314 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
This history of the Sioux in the 19th century ranges from its forced migration to the reservation to the Wounded Knee Massacre.
First published in 1963, Robert M. Utley's classic study of the Sioux Nation was a landmark achievement in Native American historical research. The St. Louis Dispatch called it "by far the best treatment of the complex and controversial relationship between the Sioux and their conquerors yet presented and should be must...
Author
Pub. Date
1977
Physical Desc
88 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Relates the history of the Apache Indians and of the Apache Wars of the 1800's. The Apache Wars ended with the surrender of their leader Geronimo. The parts played by Apaches Geronimo and Cochise, United States Army officers, Oliver Otis Howard, George Crook, and Nelson A. Miles, and many others are given in the narrative. Today the ruins of Fort Bowie, Arizona, stand as a monument commemorating the struggle of the Indians to maintain their way of...
Author
Pub. Date
1997
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xv, 392 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
If you have ever wondered what is was like to be an explorer in the unspoiled American West of the early 1800s, then this is the audiobook for you. Not only a groundbreaking work of American history by critically acclaimed author Robert M. Utley, A Life Wild and Perilous is also a dramatic story of innovation and survival. Here is your chance to live in the very heart of the American wilderness with legendary trappers and mountain men like Jim Bridger,...
Author
Series
Historical handbook volume no. 35
Pub. Date
1962
Physical Desc
68 pages : illustrations, portraits, maps, diagram ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Historical handbook volume no. 38
Pub. Date
1965
Physical Desc
62 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
xiii, 166 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Last Sovereigns: Sitting Bull and the Resistance of the Last Free Lakotas is the story of how Sitting Bull resisted the white man's ways as a last best hope for the survival of an indigenous way of life-a nomadic life based on the buffalo--sacred to him and to his people"--
The Last Sovereigns is the story of how Sioux chief Sitting Bull resisted the white mans ways as a last best hope for the survival of an indigenous way of life on the Great...
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
320 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 31 cm
Language
English
Description
Narratives from historians relating the complete western story beginning with the people of pre-Columbian times to the urban West of today. Using eyewitness accounts, photographs and archive materials, the narratives produce a fascinating and truly comprehensive portrait of the real American West.
