An edition of A good year to die (1995)

A good year to die

the story of the great Sioux War

1st ed.

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An edition of A good year to die (1995)

A good year to die

the story of the great Sioux War

1st ed.

It was 1876, The Black Hills, which overlap the boundary between South Dakota and Wyoming, had become the last important battleground of a tragic war against the Indians. The Indians were to be trapped in a three-pronged attack by General Crook, General Terry, and Colonel Custer, but the rugged country - where the temperature could often dip thirty to forty degrees in just a few hours - thwarted almost every foray.

By the time the campaign had ended, the army had suffered several major reversals: Custer and his troops were massacred at the Little Bighorn and General George Crook met with near-disaster at the Rosebud; the brilliant Oglala Sioux chief Crazy Horse was dead; Sitting Bull and his band had been driven to Canada; and the military power of the Sioux and the Northern Cheyennes was broken.

The government achieved its aims, but the casualties both sides had suffered made these wars the most unnecessary ever fought between the federal government and the Indians. Much of the dramatic narrative is based on first-hand accounts of the participants, diaries and letters of American soldiers, and the oral histories of many of the Indians who fought them.

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Random House
Language
English
Pages
412

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Cover of: A good year to die
A good year to die: the story of the great Sioux War
1996, University of Oklahoma Press
in English
Cover of: A good year to die
A good year to die: the story of the great Sioux War
1995, Random House
in English - 1st ed.

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-389) and index.

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
973.8/2
Library of Congress
E83.876 .R63 1995, E83.876.R63 1995, E83.976 .R63 1995

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxxi, 412 p. :
Number of pages
412

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL1276207M
Internet Archive
goodyeartodiesto00robi
ISBN 10
0679430253
LCCN
95007820
OCLC/WorldCat
32130522
Library Thing
581442
Goodreads
2062457

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