wyszukanych pozycji: 7
The Death of Crazy Horse: A Tragic Episode in Lakota History
ISBN: 9780803273252 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. On May 7, 1877, less than a year after his overwhelming victory at Little Big Horn, Crazy Horse, the charismatic Oglala Sioux whose name had become the epitome of Indian resistance to white encroachment, surrendered at Camp Robinson, Nebraska Territory. A young man of slight build and quiet ways dramatically at odds with his extraordinary influence and stature, he was viewed by the military as a potential civil leader of all Sioux.What happened between May 15, 1877, when, anticipating a visit to the president in Washington, Crazy Horse was sworn in as a noncommissioned officer in the U.S....
On May 7, 1877, less than a year after his overwhelming victory at Little Big Horn, Crazy Horse, the charismatic Oglala Sioux whose name had become th...
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67,77 zł |
Lakota Recollections of the Custer Fight: New Sources of Indian-Military History
ISBN: 9780803272934 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The fifteen Sioux (and one Cheyenne) who speak in Lakota Recollections of the Custer Fight witnessed Custer s Last Stand. Their testimony sheds light on what happened at the Little Bighorn on the bloodiest of Sundays, June 25, 1876. Flying Hawk, Standing Bear, He Dog, Red Feather, Moving Robe Woman, Eagle Elk, White Bull, Hollow Horn Bear, and other Indian survivors of the Custer fight were interviewed during the early decades of the twentieth century by men genuinely interested in the historical truth, including Judge Eli S. Ricker, General Hugh L. Scott, John G. Neihardt, and Walter...
The fifteen Sioux (and one Cheyenne) who speak in Lakota Recollections of the Custer Fight witnessed Custer s Last Stand. Their testimony sheds...
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Hokahey! A Good Day to Die!: The Indian Casualties of the Custer Fight
ISBN: 9780803273221 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 174 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Traditionally historians of the Little Big Horn fight have focused on Custer and his troops-on what they were doing and where they died. But as one Miniconjou warrior told a gathering at a 1926 commemoration of the battle, the Lakotas and Cheyennes also lost brave men. These men had died defending their homes and families, and they too deserved recognition. Hokahey A Good Day to Die details the final moments of each of the fallen Cheyenne and Lakota heroes. Richard G. Hardorff sifted through the many interviews with Indian survivors of the battle, cross-checking every story of a wounded or...
Traditionally historians of the Little Big Horn fight have focused on Custer and his troops-on what they were doing and where they died. But as one Mi...
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Indian Views of the Custer Fight: A Source Book
ISBN: 9780806136905 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A much-neglected source of first-hand views on the Battle of the Little Bighorn is presented in this third and final volume of Indian testimony collected by award-winning author Richard G. Hardorff. Like its companion volumes, Lakota Recollections and Cheyenne Memories, Indian Views offers thirty-five interviews and statements from Indians who were eyewitnesses to the battle. Here is the story of the battle as told through the observations of twenty-nine Sioux and nine Cheyennes, from the point at which the soldiers were first detected on their march toward the Indian settlement, to the...
A much-neglected source of first-hand views on the Battle of the Little Bighorn is presented in this third and final volume of Indian testimony collec...
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95,88 zł |
Washita Memories: Eyewitness Views of Custer's Attack on Black Kettle's Village
ISBN: 9780806139906 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 494 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The Battle of the Washita is one of the most tragicand disturbingevents in American history. On November 27, 1868, the U.S. Cavalry under Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer attacked a peaceful Southern Cheyenne village along the Washita River in present-day western Oklahoma. This U.S. victory signaled the end of the Cheyennes traditional way of life and resulted in the death of Black Kettle, their most prominent peace chief. In this documentary history, Richard G. Hardorff presents a broad range of views of the Washita battle. Eyewitnesses to the destruction of the Southern Cheyenne... The Battle of the Washita is one of the most tragicand disturbingevents in American history. On November 27, 1868, the U.S. Cavalry under Lt. Col. ... |
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Cheyenne Memories of the Custer Fight: A Source Book
ISBN: 9780803273115 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 189 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Only six Cheyenne Indians (but thirty-two Sioux) died in the fighting at the Little Bighorn River that wiped out the command of General George Custer. Brave Wolf, the son of the prophet Old Brave Wolf, later recalled the courage of the doomed men in the Seventh Cavalry. He was at the scene on that bloodiest of Sundaysin the summer of 1876.
Brave Wolf and twelve other members of his tribe tell what happened in Cheyenne Memories of the Custer Fight, compiled and edited by Richard G. Hardorff. Between 1895 and 1908 naturalist George Bird Grinnell talked with Brave Wolf, American Horse, and... Only six Cheyenne Indians (but thirty-two Sioux) died in the fighting at the Little Bighorn River that wiped out the command of General George Custer....
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Indian Views of the Custer Fight: A Source Book
ISBN: 9780870623233 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 237 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. For more than a century the history of the American Frontier, particularly the West, has been the speciality of the Arthur H. Clark Company. We publish new books, both interpretive and documentary, in small, high-quality editions for the collector, researcher, and library.
For more than a century the history of the American Frontier, particularly the West, has been the speciality of the Arthur H. Clark Company. We publis...
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250,60 zł |