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Crimsoned prairie : the Indian wars / by S. L. A. Marshall ; sketches by the author ; maps by Mark Lennox.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: 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
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0306802260
  • 9780306802263
Other title:
  • Indian wars
Subject(s):
Contents:
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.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 978.02 M369 Available 33111009201464
Total holds: 0

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.

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