Indian wars / Robert M. Utley and Wilcomb E. Washburn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Utley, Robert M., 1929-2022.

Contributor:

Washburn, Wilcomb E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Wars.

Indians of North America.

Physical Description:

vii, 317 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Edition:

First Mariner books edition.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2002.

Summary:

An absorbing and comprehensive work, Indian Wars recounts the violent conflicts between Native Americans and white settlers that lasted more than three hundred years, the effects of which still resonate today. Here, the widely respected historians Robert M. Utley and Wilcomb E. Washburn examine both small battles and major wars -- from the Native rebellion of 1492, to Crazy Horse and the Sioux War, to the massacre at Wounded Knee. This volume contains a new introduction by Robert M. Utley.

Contents:

I Opening Guns 6

II A New Golgotha 32

III War in the Forest 58

IV A Time of Rebellion 88

V Finale in the East 116

VI Before the Deluge 142

VII The Whites Move In 166

VIII Bloody Roundup 192

IX Fire on the Plains 220

X The Closing Circle 248

XI The Final Volleys 280.

Notes:

"A Mariner book."

"An American heritage book"--T.p. verso.

This edition originally published: New York : American Heritage, c1985. With new introd.

Includes index.

ISBN:

0618154647

OCLC:

48450049