The Long Death: The Last Days of the Plains Indians
by Ralph K. Andrist
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A narrative history of native Americans, this book describes their fight for lands on the edge of the ever-shrinking frontier of the West, and how they were betrayed time and again by the expanding white nation of the East.Tags
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Several unexpected but welcome witty comments help to relieve the tragic facts and infuriating injustice so well explained here.
Descriptions of the Plains Indian Wars includes chapters on the Little Bighorn, Wounded Knee and other events pertaining to South Dakota's Native Americans.
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Ralph K. Andrist, scholar & radio journalist, is the author of "California Gold Rush", "Steamboats on the Mississippi", & "Andrew Jackson, Soldier & Statesman". He resides in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. 050
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- Original publication date
- 1964 (The MacMillan Company ∙ New York) (The MacMillan Company ∙ New York); 1967 (The MacMillan Company, New York, Sixth Printing) (The MacMillan Company, New York, Sixth Printing)
- Important places
- Great Plains, USA
- Dedication
- To Vivian - for many reasons.
- Original language
- English
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 4
- ASINs
- 10
