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McMurtry, Larry.
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Massacres -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.
Indians of North America -- Wars
Indians of North America -- West (U.S.) -- History.
Indigenous peoples -- West (U.S.) -- Wars.
Indigenous peoples -- West (U.S.)
Mountain Meadows Massacre, Utah, 1857.
Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890.
Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)
West (U.S.) -- History.
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McMurtry, Larry.
Massacres -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.
Indians of North America -- Wars
Indians of North America -- West (U.S.) -- History.
Indigenous peoples -- West (U.S.) -- Wars.
Indigenous peoples -- West (U.S.)
Mountain Meadows Massacre, Utah, 1857.
Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890.
Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)
West (U.S.) -- History.
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Oh what a slaughter : massacres in the American West, 1846-1890 / Larry McMurtry.
by
McMurtry, Larry.
Simon & Schuster, 2005.
Call #:
978.02 M168o
Subjects
Massacres -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.
Indians of North America -- Wars
Indians of North America -- West (U.S.) -- History.
Indigenous peoples -- West (U.S.) -- Wars.
Indigenous peoples -- West (U.S.)
Mountain
Meadows
Massacre
, Utah,
1857
.
Wounded Knee
Massacre
, S.D., 1890.
Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)
West (U.S.) -- History.
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Publisher description
ISBN:
9780743250771 (2005 Simon & Schuster hc.)
074325077X (2005 Simon & Schuster hc.)
Description:
178 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-165) and index.
Contents:
The meat shop -- The vulnerable pioneer -- The big massacres and some others -- The moral taint -- Did Kit regret? -- Counts -- Images, heroes, stars -- The Sacramento River
Massacre
, Spring 1846 -- The
Mountain
Meadows
Massacre
, September 11,
1857
--
Mountain
Meadows
II -- Sand Creek, November 29, 1864 -- The Marias River
Massacre
, January 23, 1870 -- The Camp Grant
Massacre
, April 30, 1871 -- The Broken Hoop: 1871-1890 -- Wounded Knee, December 29, 1890 -- Wounded Knee II -- Wounded Knee III -- The waning moon.
Summary:
"The bloody massacres that marked - and marred - the settling of the American West in the nineteenth century, and which still provoke immense controversy today. Here are the true stories of the West's most terrible massacres - Sacramento River,
Mountain
Meadows
, Sand Creek, Marias River, Camp Grant, and Wounded Knee, among others."--Inside front cover.
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