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Scalp dance : Indian warfare on the high plains, 1865-1879 / Thomas Goodrich.
Penn Museum Library E83.866 .G65 1997
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Goodrich, Th.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of North America--Wars--1866-1895--Personal narratives.
- Indians of North America.
- Indians of North America--Wars.
- History.
- Indians of North America--Warfare.
- Great Plains.
- Indians of North America--Wars--Great Plains.
- Indians of North America--Warfare--Great Plains.
- Indians of North America--Great Plains--History--19th century.
- Genre:
- Personal narratives.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 340 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Mechanicsburg, PA : Stackpole Books, [1997]
- Summary:
- From the Sand Creek Massacre in 1864 through Custer's Last Stand in 1876 to the final defeat of the mighty Sioux and Cheyenne nations in 1878, "Scalp Dance" reveals the bloody, bitter clashes between two cultures--one bent on conquest, the other defending its land in the only way it knew how. Military Book Club Main Selection. Doubleday Book Club Selection. 25 b&w illustrations. Western regional book signings. Available September.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-335) and index.
- ISBN:
- 081171523X
- OCLC:
- 36842385
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