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  • Huebner, Andrew.
    AMERICAN BY BLOOD.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, and a finalist for the B&N Discover Award 2000. Based on a family legend about the author's grandfather, this is the story of 3 U.S. Army scouts leading an infantry column who arrive a day late to join Custer at the Little Bighorn and come upon the ruins of the Seventh Cavalry, a trail of blood and corpses defiled by wild dogs and swarms of flies. Dustjacket praise from Larry McMurty and Charles Gaines among others (Gaines called it 'a small masterpiece - as perfectly constructed, beautifully written, and affecting a story of the American West as has been told in our time'). ISBN: 0-684-857707.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 21402
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  • RED CLOUD'S FOLK: A History of the Oglala Sioux Indians. by Hyde, George E.
    Hyde, George E.
    RED CLOUD'S FOLK: A History of the Oglala Sioux Indians.

    Edition: Second Printing, revised.

    Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, (1957) dj. Hardcover - Originally published in 1937, this was reissued in 1957 with additional notes and appendices. "The westward drive of the warlike Sioux Indians along a thousand miles of prairie and woodland, from the upper reaches of the Mississippi to the lower Powder River in Montana, is one of the epic migrations of history. . . and in the years of heavy conflict with the pioneer trains and the protective military, between 1865-1877, Red Cloud of the Oglalas stood out as one of the greatest of the Sioux leaders." Volume 15 in the Civilization of the American Indian Series. Frontispiece. Maps, bibliography, index. xi, 331 pp.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (some underlining and marginal notations in Chapter 14)

    Book ID: 85895
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  • BLACK HILLS. by Simmons, Dan.
    Simmons, Dan.
    BLACK HILLS.

    Edition: First printing.

    Boston: Little Brown, (2010.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Set on the American frontier, this novel which interweaves historical drama - from the battle of Little Big Horn in 1876 to Roosevelt's visit in 1936 to dedicate the Jefferson face at Mount Rushmore - with supernatural suspense. 486 pp. ISBN: 9780316006989.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 57936
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  • SUFFICIENT REASON?" An Examination of Terry's Celebrated Order to Custer. by Taunton, Francis B.
    Taunton, Francis B.
    SUFFICIENT REASON?" An Examination of Terry's Celebrated Order to Custer.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: The English Westerners' Society, London,
    1977
    . English Westerners' Special Publication No. 5. Copy number 282 out of 500 numbered copies in the first printing. An investigation of whether or not Custer disobeyed Terry's orders, thus leading to the total defeat of the Army forces at Little Big Horn. Includes notes at the end of each chapter. 96 pp plus map and 2 pp about the society.

    Condition: Good only- some creasing, soiling and wear to yellow printed covers.

    Book ID: 69163
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  • THE INDIAN FRONTIER OF THE AMERICAN WEST, 1846-1890. by Utley, Robert M.
    Utley, Robert M.
    THE INDIAN FRONTIER OF THE AMERICAN WEST, 1846-1890.

    Edition: Book of the Month Club edition (same size and quality as trade edition).

    Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, (1984.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - "The events of the final half century of conflict between Indians and whites in the American West are presented here as a history of two peoples seemingly destined to never understand each other. Utley interprets this conflict from a dual perspective: recreating events from the Indian viewpoint while also providing an objective appraisal of why the 19th century white man acted as he did." Includes the battles at Little Big Horn and Washita, the massacre at Sand Creek, Grant's policies, the views of reformers and more. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Illustrated throughout with photographs and maps. Notes, bibliography, index. 325 pp. ISBN: 0-8263-07159.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (bookplate)

    Book ID: 57322
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  • THE INDIAN FRONTIER OF THE AMERICAN WEST, 1846-1890. by Utley, Robert M.
    Utley, Robert M.
    THE INDIAN FRONTIER OF THE AMERICAN WEST, 1846-1890.

    Edition: First thus- a trade paperback.

    Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, (2003.). SIGNED - Revised edition of a classic work originally published in 1984."The events of the final half century of conflict between Indians and whites in the American West are presented here as a history of two peoples seemingly destined to never understand each other. Utley interprets this conflict from a dual perspective: recreating events from the Indian viewpoint while also providing an objective appraisal of why the 19th century white man acted as he did." Includes the battles at Little Big Horn and Washita, the massacre at Sand Creek, Grant's policies, the views of reformers and more. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Illustrated throughout with photographs and maps. Notes, bibliography, index. 325 pp. ISBN: 0-8263-29985.

    Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 57324
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