Sioux War Dispatches
Title | Sioux War Dispatches PDF eBook |
Author | Marc H. Abrams |
Publisher | Westholme Pub Llc |
Pages | 429 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781594161568 |
The story of the Great Sioux War, including the battle of the Little Big Horn, as seen through the eyes of contemporary newspaper correspondents, both civilian and military. Many of these reports have not appeared in print since the first time they were published more than 130 years ago.
John Finerty Reports the Sioux War
Title | John Finerty Reports the Sioux War PDF eBook |
Author | John Finerty |
Publisher | University of Oklahoma Press |
Pages | 289 |
Release | 2020-07-30 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0806168145 |
In War-Path and Bivouac, published in 1890, John Finerty (1846–1908) recalled the summer he spent following George Crook’s infamous campaign against the Sioux in 1876. Historians have long surmised that Finerty’s correspondence covering the campaign for the Chicago Times reappeared in its entirety in Finerty’s celebrated book. But that turns out not to be the case, as readers will discover in this remarkable volume. In print at last, this collection of Finerty’s letters and telegrams to his hometown newspaper, written from the field during Crook’s campaign, conveys the full extent of the reporter’s experience and observations during this time of great excitement and upheaval in the West. An introduction and annotations by Paul L. Hedren, a lifelong historian of the period, provide ample biographical and historical background for Finerty’s account. Four times under fire, giving as well as he got, Finerty reported on the action with the immediacy of an unfolding wartime story. To his riveting dispatches on the Rosebud and Slim Buttes battles, this collection adds accounts of the lesser-known Sibley scout and the tortures of the campaign trail, penned by a keen-eyed newsman who rode at the front through virtually all of the action. Here, too, is an intimate look at the Black Hills gold rush and at principal towns like Deadwood and Custer City, captured in the earliest moments of their colorful history. Hedren’s introduction places Finerty not only on the scene in Wyoming, Montana, and Dakota during the Indian campaign, but also in the context of battlefield journalism at a critical time in its evolution. Publication of this volume confirms John Finerty’s outsize role in that historical moment.
John Finerty Reports the Sioux War
Title | John Finerty Reports the Sioux War PDF eBook |
Author | Paul L. Hedren |
Publisher | |
Pages | 288 |
Release | 2020-07-30 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780806165059 |
In War-Path and Bivouac, published in 1890, John Finerty (1846-1908) recalled his summer following George Crook's infamous campaign against the Sioux in 1876. Historians have long surmised that Finerty's correspondence covering the campaign for the Chicago Times reappeared in its entirety in Finerty's celebrated book. But that turns out not to be the case, as readers will discover in this remarkable volume. In print at last, this collection of Finerty's letters and telegrams to his hometown newspaper, written from the field during Crook's campaign, conveys the full extent of the reporter's experience and observations during this time of great excitement and upheaval in the West. An introduction and annotations by Paul L. Hedren, a lifelong historian of the period, provide ample biographical and historical background for Finerty's account. Four times under fire, giving as well as he got, Finerty reported on the action with the immediacy of an unfolding wartime story. To his riveting dispatches on the Rosebud and Slim Buttes battles, this collection adds accounts of the lesser-known Sibley scout and the tortures of the campaign trail, penned by a keen-eyed newsman who rode at the front through virtually all of the action. Here, too, is an intimate look at the Black Hills gold rush and at principal towns like Deadwood and Custer City, captured in the earliest moments of their colorful history. Hedren's introduction places Finerty not only on the scene in Wyoming, Montana, and Dakota during the Indian campaign, but also in the context of battlefield journalism at a critical time in its evolution. Publication of this volume confirms John Finerty's outsize role in that historical moment.
Centennial Campaign
Title | Centennial Campaign PDF eBook |
Author | John Stephens Gray |
Publisher | University of Oklahoma Press |
Pages | 412 |
Release | 1988 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780806121529 |
“A fine book…In the twenty-two chapters that comprise the background and the campaign narrative, the author is at his best when he moves away from the Washington scene to detail the field operations. But it is the second part of the book—seven chapters labeled “Facets”—that moves Centennial Campaign into the realm of the exceptional. Here Dr. Gray combines impressive research, careful analysis, and sound deduction to reconstruct Indian movements, locations, and concentrations.”—Western Historical Quarterly
The First Sioux War
Title | The First Sioux War PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Norman Beck |
Publisher | University Press of America |
Pages | 196 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780761828853 |
The First Sioux War was a vitally important conflict that helped define Lakota Sioux / white relations; created a closer national unity among the Sioux; and allowed the United States Army to develop new military tactics, which would eventually be used to defeat the Plains Indians. This book analyzes this conflict and its influence on future Sioux leaders like Crazy Horse, Spotted Tail, and Sitting Bull.
Battles and Skirmishes of the Great Sioux War, 1876-1877
Title | Battles and Skirmishes of the Great Sioux War, 1876-1877 PDF eBook |
Author | Jerome A. Greene |
Publisher | University of Oklahoma Press |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780806126692 |
This volume offers accounts of the many battles and skirmishes in the Great Sioux War as they were observed by participating officers, enlisted men, scouts, surgeons, and newspaper correspondents. The selections-some rendered immediately after the encounters and some set down in reminiscences years later - are important and little-known sources of information about the war. By their personal nature, they give a compelling sense of immediacy to the actions. The editor's introduction and commentary on each of the accounts help readers understand the interrelationship of events and appreciate the entire spectrum of the conflict.
Narratives of the Sioux war
Title | Narratives of the Sioux war PDF eBook |
Author | Marion P. Satterlee |
Publisher | |
Pages | 370 |
Release | 1915 |
Genre | Dakota Indians |
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