| Yellowstone Command: Colonel Nelson A. Miles and the Great Sioux War, 1876-1877 Contributor(s): Greene, Jerome A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 080613755X ISBN-13: 9780806137551 Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press OUR PRICE: $21.73 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2006 Annotation: 'Perhaps some prefer myth to reality, but those who wish to know what it was really like on campaign in the West in the 1870s would scarcely do better than to read this riveting account.'--Washington Times |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - United States - History | Native American - History | United States - 19th Century |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2005055915 |
| Lexile Measure: 1450 |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 5.93" W x 9.03" (1.02 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Cultural Region - Plains - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Geographic Orientation - Wyoming - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Shortly after Custer's defeat in the Battle of the Little Bighorn, Colonel Nelson A. Miles and his Fifth Infantry launched several significant campaigns to destroy the Lakota-Northern Cheyenne coalition in the Yellowstone River basin. Miles's expeditions involved relentless pursuit and attack throughout the winter months, culminating in the Lame Deer Fight of May 1877, the last major engagement of the Great Sioux War. Yellowstone Command is the first detailed account of the harrowing 1876-1877 campaigns. Drawing from Indian testimonies and many previously untapped sources, Jerome A. Greene reconstructs the ambitious battles of Colonel Miles and his foot soldiers. This paperback edition of Yellowstone Command features a new preface by the author. |
Contributor Bio(s): Greene, Jerome A.: - Jerome A. Greene is retired as Research Historian for the National Park Service. He is the author of numerous books, including Stricken Field: The Little Bighorn since 1876, Battles and Skirmishes of the Great Sioux War, 1876-1877: The Military View; Lakota and Cheyenne: Indian Views of the Great Sioux War, 1876-1877; and Morning Star Dawn: The Powder River Expedition and the Northern Cheyennes, 1876, all published by the University of Oklahoma Press. |