Ashes of heaven : the Lame Deer Fight--May 7, 1877, and the end of the great Sioux war / Terry C. Johnston.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : St. Martin's Paperbacks, c1998.Edition: St. Martin's Paperbacks edDescription: 398 p. : maps ; 17 cmISBN:- 0312965117
- PS3560.O392
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Adult Book | Main Library | Fiction | Johnston, Terry C | PL 13 | Available | 33111003601016 |
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Ashes of Heaven
Terry C. Johnston
The U.S. Army's goal: to wipe out the remnants of scattered, starving people on the frontier's Northern Plain. But before Colonel Nelson A. Miles, the Bear Coat, launched his spring campaign into the heart of Indian country, the commander took one last stab at negotiations--and called on a Cheyenne woman and the famous half-breed pony scout named Johnny Bruguier. Together, they traveled to the valley of the upper Rosebud River to urge the Sioux to surrender. But a personal grudge exploded inthe ranks of the U.S. Army. Now, as a man and a woman risk their lives for peace, the culmination of the great Sioux War is set in motion, and the Bear Coat takes on the last of the fierce Lakota warriors...