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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Oklahoma Press
ISBN-100806130490
ISBN-139780806130491
eBay Product ID (ePID)910978
Product Key Features
Number of Pages336 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameFort Laramie and the Great Sioux War
SubjectUnited States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Military / United States, Modern / 19th Century
Publication Year1998
TypeTextbook
AuthorPaul L. Hedren
Subject AreaHistory
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight16.1 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN98-019794
Dewey Edition21
Reviews"Fort Laramie's role in the Great Sioux War has been underestimated far too long . . . . All of the major battles and many of the minor skirmishes fall into place because of Hedren's systematic approach and his thorough use of officials records."- Montana: The Magazine of Western History, "Fort Laramie's role in the Great Sioux War has been underestimated far too long . . . . All of the major battles and many of the minor skirmishes fall into place because of Hedren's systematic approach and his thorough use of officials records."-- Montana: The Magazine of Western History
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal973.8/2
SynopsisFort Laramie and the Great Sioux War focuses on a crucial year in the history of the fort, 1876. That was the year of General George Crook's Big Horn; the Black Hills gold rush; and chaos at the Red Cloud and Spotted Tail Indian agencies. Paul Hedren draws upon official army records, diaries, and journals to illuminate a fort-based history of the Great Sioux War, and for this edition he also provides a new preface., Founded in 1834 on the high plains of present-day eastern Wyoming. Fort Laramie evolved into an organizational hub and chief supply center for the U.S. Army in its campaigns against the Sioux and Cheyenne Indians. Fort Laramie and the Great Sioux War focuses on a crucial year in the history of the fort, 1876. That was the year of General George Crook's Big Horn; the Black Hills gold rush; and chaos at the Red Cloud and Spotted Tail Indian agencies. Paul Hedren draws upon official army records, diaries, and journals to illuminate a fort-based history of the Great Sioux War, and for this edition he also provides a new preface.
LC Classification NumberF769.F6H43 1998
