The Wrinkled Hand Chase

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Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1463486774
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (634 download)

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Book Synopsis The Wrinkled Hand Chase by : Max Ratheal

Download or read book The Wrinkled Hand Chase written by Max Ratheal and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2005-02-04 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wrinkled Hand Chase11 is the story of Pvt. George Washington Dixon Joplin, dispatch rider for Brig. Gen Ranald Mackenzies 4th Cavalry, and his assignment to deliver a history-altering message to General Mackenzie. The problem? Dix is at Fort Concho, Mackenzie is hot on the heels of the Comanches up in the Texas panhandle. Dix Joplin is a Fort Worth native and 1872 graduate of the Weatherford Masonic Institute (Weatherford College). A story within the story explains why a bright young man with an acceptance to the Harvard School of Medicine is now a private in the army During the trip north Dix encounters many obstacles, situations, and ironically, a Comanche that has been charged with a similar message for Kwana Parker. Together the two try to stop the Red River War or as the Comanche called it--The Wrinkled Hand Chase. The reader will meet characters such as Colonel Douglass, the wiley curmudgeon Joedean Overstreet, the surly Muley Jones, Lonzo the Harvard graduate, and Major Anderson. Along with Topusana, Kwana Parker, and Gen. Mackenzie. Youll also get to know Rainey Buck, the fastest horse on the plains and One-Sock, the bird-dog mule.

Bad Medicine & Good

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Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806129655
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (296 download)

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Book Synopsis Bad Medicine & Good by : Wilbur Sturtevant Nye

Download or read book Bad Medicine & Good written by Wilbur Sturtevant Nye and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the great tribes of the Southwest Plains, the Kiowas were militantly defiant toward white intruders in their territory and killed more during seventy-five years of raiding than any other tribe. Now settled in southwestern Oklahoma, they are today one of the most progressive Indian groups in the area. In Bad Medicine and Good, Wilbur Sturtevant Nye collects forty-four stories covering Kiowa history from the 1700s through the 1940s, all gleaned from interviews with Kiowas (who actually took part in the events or recalled them from the accounts of their elders), and from the notes of Captain Hugh L Scott at Fort Sill. They cover such topics as the organization and conduct of a raiding party, the brave deeds of war chiefs, the treatment of white captives, the Grandmother gods, the Kiowa sun dance, and the problems of adjusting to white society.

Carbine and Lance

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Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806171189
Total Pages : 462 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)

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Book Synopsis Carbine and Lance by : Wilbur Sturtevant Nye

Download or read book Carbine and Lance written by Wilbur Sturtevant Nye and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2013-07-17 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fort Sill, located in the heart of the old Kiowa-Comanche Indian country in southwestern Oklahoma, is known to a modern generation as the Field Artillery School of the United States Army. To students of American frontier history, it is known as the focal point of one of the most interesting, dramatic, and sustained series of conflicts in the records of western warfare. From 1833 until 1875, in a theater of action extending from Kansas to Mexico, the strife was almost uninterrupted. The U.S. Army, militia of Kansas, Texas Rangers, and white pioneers and traders on the one hand were arrayed against the fierce and heroic bands of the Kiowas, Comanches, Cheyennes, Arapahoes, and Kiowa-Apaches on the other. The savage skirmishes with the southwestern Indians before the Civil War provided many army officers with a kind of training which was indispensable to them in that later, prolonged conflict. When hostilities ceased, men like Sherman, Sheridan, Dodge, Custer, and Grierson again resumed the harsh field of guerrilla warfare against their Indian foes, tough, hard, lusty, fighters, among whom the peace pipe had ceased to have more than a ceremonial significance. With the inauguration of the so-called Quaker Peace Policy during President Grant’s first administration, the hands of the army were tied. The Fort Sill reservation became a place of refuge for the marauding hands which went forth unmolested to train in Texas, Oklahoma, and Mexico. The toll in human life reached such proportions that the government finally turned the southwestern Indians over to the army for discipline, and a permanent settlement of the bands was achieved by 1875. From extensive research, conversations with both Indian and white eye witnesses, and his familiarity with Indian life and army affairs, Captain Nye has written an unforgettable account of these stirring time. The delineation of character and the reconstruction of colorful scenes, so often absent in historical writing, are to be found here in abundance. His Indians are made to live again: his scenes of post life could have been written only by an army man.

Seducing Medusa

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Publisher : Scribl
ISBN 13 : 147636107X
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (763 download)

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Download or read book Seducing Medusa written by Professor Mustard and published by Scribl. This book was released on 2018-01-25 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A True Love story about a man with a mental illness who must go on a quest into the Land of Sain to save his unborn daughter.

Caspion & the White Buffalo

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Publisher : Crossroad Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Book Synopsis Caspion & the White Buffalo by : Melvin Litton

Download or read book Caspion & the White Buffalo written by Melvin Litton and published by Crossroad Press. This book was released on 2019-01-08 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on a true event, CASPION takes you on a singular quest, both heroic and tragic, through the great buffalo hunt and the vanquishing of the Plains Indians (1871-1876). Riding the crest of the bloody tide is Jim Caspion, a Civil War veteran turned buffalo hunter, a man of notable conscience and courage, ever haunted by the war, yet fleeing settlement and routine, forswearing the practicable for the exotic, the forbidden, and the extreme. From the opening pages when he rides into a buffalo stampede to escape a band of Cheyenne, to the very end, his fate is inexorably tied to the white buffalo he spies in his harrowing flight. Thereafter its spiritual aspect exerts a growing influence over his own wry, sensual nature, altering his outlook, determining his path. When he meets Moneva, a Cheyenne outcast, their love saga marks another verse in the enduring myth of the West that still shapes and sustains us.

The Indian Frontier 1846-1890

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Publisher : UNM Press
ISBN 13 : 9780826329981
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (299 download)

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Book Synopsis The Indian Frontier 1846-1890 by : Robert M. Utley

Download or read book The Indian Frontier 1846-1890 written by Robert M. Utley and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 2003-10-30 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1984, Robert Utley's The Indian Frontier of the American West, 1846-1890, is considered a classic for both students and scholars. For this revision, Utley includes scholarship and research that has become available in recent years. What they said about the first edition: "[The Indian Frontier of the American West, 1846-1890] provides an excellent synthesis of Indian-white relations in the trans-Mississippi West during the last half-century of the frontier period."--Journal of American History "The Indian Frontier of the American West combines good writing, solid research, and penetrating interpretations. The result is a fresh and welcome study that departs from the soldier-chases-Indian approach that is all too typical of other books on the topic."--Minnesota History "[Robert M. Utley] has carefully eschewed sensationalism and glib oversimplification in favor of critical appraisal, and his firm command of some of the best published research of others provides a solid foundation for his basic argument that Indian hostility in the half century following the Mexican War was directed less at the white man per se than at the hated reservation system itself."--Pacific Historical Review Choice Magazine Outstanding Selection

Fat Cat Takes the Cake

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101621656
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)

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Book Synopsis Fat Cat Takes the Cake by : Janet Cantrell

Download or read book Fat Cat Takes the Cake written by Janet Cantrell and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-04-05 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quincy the butterscotch tabby has a talent for sniffing out sweets—and uncovering crimes—in this Fat Cat mystery from the national bestselling author of Fat Cat Spreads Out. When their former classmate Richard “Dickie” Byrd throws a high school reunion to gather support for his mayoral campaign, it drums up some not-so-sweet memories for dessert shop proprietor Chase Oliver and her friend Julie Larson. Julie would rather not reconnect with Ron North, the creepy kid who had a crush on her back in the day. His social graces haven’t exactly improved with age, but is he creepy enough to kill? The next day, Chase is in the park testing a new cat harness for Quincy, who quickly proves that he cannot be leashed. But when his escape leads Chase to Ron’s body, the police wonder who else got away. Now, with Julie suspected of murder, Chase must prove her innocence before the real killer plans another fatal reunion.

Indian Wars

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Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780618154647
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (546 download)

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Book Synopsis Indian Wars by : Robert M. Utley

Download or read book Indian Wars written by Robert M. Utley and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2002 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An absorbing and comprehensive work, INDIAN WARS recounts the violent conflicts between Native Americans and white settlers that lasted more than three hundred years, the effects of which still resonate today. Here, the widely respected historians Robert Utley and Wilcomb Washburn examine both small battles and major wars -- from the Native rebellion of 1492, to Crazy Horse and the Sioux War, to the massacre at Wounded Knee. This volume contains a new introduction by Robert Utley.

Frontier Midwife Amanda

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Publisher : Cabin Lake Publishing
ISBN 13 : 198919866X
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (891 download)

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Book Synopsis Frontier Midwife Amanda by : Kate Bridges

Download or read book Frontier Midwife Amanda written by Kate Bridges and published by Cabin Lake Publishing. This book was released on 2023-03-02 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Will Amanda's new life be torn apart if she reveals her tender secret and opens her heart to Chase? Midwife Amanda Ryan moves to a beautiful Rocky Mountain town after a heartbreaking family loss, optimistic and hopeful for a new start. She doesn’t expect a run-in with the tall and handsome owner of the town’s lumber mill, former Mountie, Chase Murdock. Who is he to claim that her new cabin is actually his cabin, declaring she’s been swindled by the same crook who just fleeced his lumber mill? She insists she has papers to verify she bought the home, fair and square. Setting out to prove each other wrong, Chase and Amanda can’t risk getting emotionally entangled. He’s had it with dishonest people, and she's hiding something. Yet, their time together is lively and filled with laughter. Unexpected kisses turn into passion. Their intimacy builds into something much deeper, but Amanda’s not ready to move forward after all the heartache she’s suffered in the past. Bravely and silently dealing with the loss of her own baby and resulting infertility, then her shocking divorce, Amanda nurtures the other women in town. She can’t have children and wonders if she could ever be the wife that Chase deserves. Falling in love with Chase means risking her heart. Or is he a stronger man, a kinder man, than Amanda might imagine? Enjoy this wonderfully romantic story by USA TODAY bestselling and award-winning author, Kate Bridges. It’s the PREQUEL to the spellbinding Mountie Brides series. Can also be read as a standalone book. “This is a lovely story and delightfully romantic. Ms. Bridges is in a class all her own.” Old Book Barn Gazette

The Life of Ten Bears

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Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 0803285507
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (32 download)

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Book Synopsis The Life of Ten Bears by : Thomas W. Kavanagh

Download or read book The Life of Ten Bears written by Thomas W. Kavanagh and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2016-05-01 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 31. Miscellaneous Religious Matters -- 32. Fragmentary and Incomplete Narratives -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About Francis Joseph Attocknie -- About Thomas W. Kavanaugh

Amber Waves of Grain

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Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1462855261
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (628 download)

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Book Synopsis Amber Waves of Grain by : Stafford O. Chenevert

Download or read book Amber Waves of Grain written by Stafford O. Chenevert and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-04-07 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Earth is Weeping

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Publisher : Knopf
ISBN 13 : 0307958043
Total Pages : 601 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (79 download)

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Book Synopsis The Earth is Weeping by : Peter Cozzens

Download or read book The Earth is Weeping written by Peter Cozzens and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2016 with total page 601 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "With the end of the Civil War, the nation recommenced its expansion onto traditional Indian tribal lands, setting off a wide-ranging conflict that would last more than three decades. In an exploration of the wars and negotiations that destroyed tribal ways of life even as they made possible the emergence of the modern United States, Peter Cozzens gives us both sides in comprehensive and singularly intimate detail. He illuminates the encroachment experienced by the tribes and the tribal conflicts over whether to fight or make peace, and explores the squalid lives of soldiers posted to the frontier and the ethical quandaries faced by generals who often sympathized with their native enemies, "--Amazon.com.

Battles of Texas

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Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (694 download)

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Book Synopsis Battles of Texas by : Joseph P. Regan LTC USAR (ret)

Download or read book Battles of Texas written by Joseph P. Regan LTC USAR (ret) and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2023-08-01 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My book is an anthology of various battles fought in Texas from the year 1758 to 1874. The manuscript is directed at readers who have an interest in Texas or military history. I chose those battles I believe had the most dramatic impact on the course of Texas history. As a military historian, I focused on critical decisions by individual commanders. As much as possible, I tried to use the Battle Analysis System developed by the US Army Command and General Staff College to look at all aspects of a military engagement (strategy, leadership, weather and terrain, etc.) and how these influenced the battle.

Empire of the Summer Moon

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416591060
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book Empire of the Summer Moon written by S. C. Gwynne and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize This stunning historical account of the forty-year battle between Comanche Indians and white settlers for control of the American West was a major New York Times bestseller. In the tradition of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, a stunningly vivid historical account of the forty-year battle between Comanche Indians and white settlers for control of the American West, centering on Quanah, the greatest Comanche chief of them all. S. C. Gwynne's Empire of the Summer Moon spans two astonishing stories. The first traces the rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful Indian tribe in American history. The second entails one of the most remarkable narratives ever to come out of the Old West: the epic saga of the pioneer woman Cynthia Ann Parker and her mixed-blood son Quanah, who became the last and greatest chief of the Comanches. Although readers may be more familiar with the tribal names Apache and Sioux, it was in fact the legendary fighting ability of the Comanches that determined just how and when the American West opened up. Comanche boys became adept bareback riders by age six; full Comanche braves were considered the best horsemen who ever rode. They were so masterful at war and so skillful with their arrows and lances that they stopped the northern drive of colonial Spain from Mexico and halted the French expansion westward from Louisiana. White settlers arriving in Texas from the eastern United States were surprised to find the frontier being rolled backward by Comanches incensed by the invasion of their tribal lands. So effective were the Comanches that they forced the creation of the Texas Rangers and account for the advent of the new weapon specifically designed to fight them: the six-gun. The war with the Comanches lasted four decades, in effect holding up the development of the new American nation. Gwynne's exhilarating account delivers a sweeping narrative that encompasses Spanish colonialism, the Civil War, the destruction of the buffalo herds, and the arrival of the railroads--a historical feast for anyone interested in how the United States came into being. Against this backdrop Gwynne presents the compelling drama of Cynthia Ann Parker, a lovely nine-year-old girl with cornflower-blue eyes who was kidnapped by Comanches from the far Texas frontier in 1836. She grew to love her captors and became infamous as the "White Squaw" who refused to return until her tragic capture by Texas Rangers in 1860. More famous still was her son Quanah, a warrior who was never defeated and whose guerrilla wars in the Texas Panhandle made him a legend. S. C. Gwynne's account of these events is meticulously researched, intellectually provocative, and, above all, thrillingly told. Empire of the Summer Moon announces him as a major new writer of American history.

The Texas Indians

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Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781585443017
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (43 download)

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Book Synopsis The Texas Indians by : David La Vere

Download or read book The Texas Indians written by David La Vere and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author David La Vere offers a complete chronological and cultural history of Texas Indians from twelve thousand years ago to the present day. He presents a unique view of their cultural history before and after European arrival, examining Indian interactions-both peaceful and violent-with Europeans, Mexicans, Texans, and Americans.

Frontier Regulars

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Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803295513
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (955 download)

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Book Synopsis Frontier Regulars by : Robert Marshall Utley

Download or read book Frontier Regulars written by Robert Marshall Utley and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1984-01-01 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Details the U.S. Army's campaign in the years following the Civil War to contain the American Indian and promote Western expansion

Trails South

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Publisher : Prairie Books
ISBN 13 : 0974622222
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (746 download)

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Book Synopsis Trails South by : C. Robert Haywood

Download or read book Trails South written by C. Robert Haywood and published by Prairie Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of the trails from Dodge City Kansas to points in Oklahoma and Texas used primarily for trade from 1880 through the turn of the century.