The American WestScribner, 1994 - 461 עמודים "Beginning with the demise of the Native Americans of the Plains, Brown depicts the onrush of the burgeoning cattle trade and the waves of immigrants who ultimately "settled" the land. In the retelling of this oft-told saga, Brown has demonstrated once again his abilities as a master storyteller and an entertaining popular historian. Byturns heroic, tragic, and even humorous, The American West brings to life American tragedy and triumph in the years from 1840 to the turn of the century, and a roster of characters both great and small: Red Cloud, Sitting Bull, Geronimo, Dull Knife, Crazy Horse, Captain Jack, John H. Tunstall, Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, Wyatt Earp, the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang, Wild Bill Hickok, Charles Goodnight, Oliver Loving, Buffalo Bill, and many others. The American West is about cattle and the railroads; it is about settlers who came to claim a land not originally their own and how they slowly imposed law and order on these wild and untamed places; and it is about the wanton destruction of the Native American way of life. This is epic history at its best and popular history at its most readable" (from Amazon.com). |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-3 מתוך 42
עמוד 83
... Red Cloud was one of the leaders , and he was a fighting chief . The time for action came late in 1865 , when the government decided to open a road to ... CLOUD Red Cloud began gathering warriors together to defy Red Cloud of the Sioux 83.
... Red Cloud was one of the leaders , and he was a fighting chief . The time for action came late in 1865 , when the government decided to open a road to ... CLOUD Red Cloud began gathering warriors together to defy Red Cloud of the Sioux 83.
עמוד 89
... Red Cloud's importance in the In- dians ' war along the Bozeman Trail , pointing out that Man - Afraid - of- His - Horses was the head chief of the Oglalas at that time . However , it is evident that Red Cloud , being the younger and ...
... Red Cloud's importance in the In- dians ' war along the Bozeman Trail , pointing out that Man - Afraid - of- His - Horses was the head chief of the Oglalas at that time . However , it is evident that Red Cloud , being the younger and ...
עמוד 97
... Red Cloud preferred Phil Kearny , where he had already tasted victory . After the smoking of many pipes and the delivery of long harangues , the final decision was made by a simple process . The warriors were ... Red Cloud of the Sioux 97.
... Red Cloud preferred Phil Kearny , where he had already tasted victory . After the smoking of many pipes and the delivery of long harangues , the final decision was made by a simple process . The warriors were ... Red Cloud of the Sioux 97.
תוכן
LIST OF PHOTOGRAPHS | 13 |
LIST OF MAPS | 15 |
INTRODUCTION | 17 |
זכויות יוצרים | |
30 קטעים אחרים שאינם מוצגים
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
Abilene American Apaches army attack band battle became began Billy the Kid Black Bozeman Trail brand Buffalo Bill camp Captain Jack Carrington cattle cattlemen cavalry Charles Goodnight Cheyennes chief Colonel Colorado Comanches cowboys Crazy Horse Creek Crook Custer Dakota dance Dodge City Earp Fetterman fight fire Fort Phil Kearny frontier Goodnight guns herd Hills Hooker Jim Horn hunting Indians John Joseph killed Kiowas land Laramie later Little lodges Longhorns McSween Mexico miles Missouri Modocs Montana mountains moved Nez Percés night Oregon Panhandle peace pioneer plains ponies Powder prairie raid railroad ranch ranchers range Red Cloud reservation riders riding River rode rodeo roundup saloons scouts settlers Shoshones shot Sioux Sitting Bull soldiers soon Story Territory Texans Texas thousand Tom Horn trail drive trail towns train treaty tribes valley wagon warriors Western White Bear Wild West Show wounded Wyatt Earp Wyoming York