Crimsoned prairie : the Indian wars / by S. L. A. Marshall ; sketches by the author ; maps by Mark Lennox.
Material type: TextSeries: A Da Capo paperbackPublisher: New York, N.Y. : Da Capo Press, [1984]Copyright date: ©1972Edition: Da Capo Press paperback editionDescription: xiv, 256 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 21 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0306802260
- 9780306802263
- Indian wars
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 978.02 M369 | Available | 33111009201464 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This is the first study of the military tactics employed by the Plains Indians and the U.S. Army in their long war for the American frontier. The Indian Wars were sloppily fought, horribly mis-matched, absurdly wasteful; commanders hunted the Sioux to the accompaniment of brass bands--this apparently to raise troop morale--and reckless charges were more highly rewarded than getting the scouts out, checking communications, or maintaining supply lines.
Reprint. Originally published: New York : Scribner, ©1972.
Includes index.
1. The westward barrier -- 2. The signs of storm -- 3. Massacre and war -- 4. The march of the wood soldiers -- 5. Marching through Indians -- 6. Chiefs against generals -- 7. Custer and the great design -- 8. The look of crook -- 9. Custer's last stand -- 10. Dismal aftermath -- 11. Thunder in the mountains -- 12. On Wounded Knee.