Give Me Eighty Men - Women and the Myth of the Fetterman Fight

Informationen zum Autor Shannon D. Smith is the executive director for the Wyoming Humanities Council and an author focusing on women in the West. She taught at Oglala Lakota College on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation for seven years.  Klappentext Shannon D. Smith is the executive director for the Wyoming Humanities Council and an author focusing on women in the West. She taught at Oglala Lakota College on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation for seven years.¿ Zusammenfassung ""With eighty men I could ride through the entire Sioux nation."" The story of the Fetterman Fight! near Fort Phil Kearney in present-day Wyoming in 1866! is based entirely on this infamous declaration attributed to Capt. William J. Fetterman. Give Me Eighty Men challenges standard interpretations of this American myth. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. Prelude to Disaster 3. To the Frontier   4. Officers and Gentlemen 5. Ladies of the Regiment  6. Lessons Learned    7. The Battle of the Hundred-in-the-Hands 8. Blazing a Paper Trail   9. Women's Work  10. Conclusion  Bibliography

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Shannon Smith, Shannon D Smith, Shannon D. Smith
• Editore: University of Nebraska Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.11.2010
• EAN: 9780803234253
• ISBN: 978-0-8032-3425-3
• Pagine: 264
• Serie: Women in the West; Women in the West
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Politica e sua amministrazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie