Killing Custer

Informationen zum Autor At the time of his death in 2003, James Welch was considered one of the most important authors of the American West. His books include Fool’s Crow and Winter in the Blood . Klappentext Custer's ill-fated attack on June 25, 1876, has gone down as the American military's most catastrophic defeat. This historic and personal work tells the Native American side, poignant revealing how disastrous the encounter was for the "victors," the last great gathering of Plains Indians under the leadership of Sitting Bull. Telling of the pride and desperation of a people systematically stripped of their treaty rights, hounded from their ancestral hunting grounds, and herded into wretched reservations, Killing Custer reveals how this defining moment in American history was no more a "Last Stand" than a final celebration of waning power and freedom. Zusammenfassung The classic account of Custer's Last Stand that shattered the myth of the Little Bighorn and rewrote history books.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Stekler, James Welch, Welch James
• Publisher: Norton and Co Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.04.2007
• EAN: 9780393329391
• ISBN: 978-0-393-32939-1
• Dimensions: 139 mm x 210 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / Military / General, North America, military history, HISTORY / North America, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Indigenous Peoples, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Relating to indigenous peoples, History of the Americas, Battles & campaigns, North America (USA and Canada), Battles and campaigns, HISTORY / Indigenous / General