From Fort Laramie to Wounded Knee - In the West That Was (Paperback, New Ed)

The varied and colorful career of Charles Wesley Allen (1851-1942) took him throughout the northern Plains during an exceptionally turbulent era in its history. He was at the Red Cloud Agency when Red Cloud attempted to prevent the raising of the American flag and the Lakota nearly took over the agency. Allen also visited Deadwood at the height of the Black Hills gold rush, helped build the first government agency on the Pine Ridge reservation, and reported on the Lakota Ghost Dance. Allen happened to be walking through the Indian camp at Wounded Knee when shots rang out on December 29, 1890, and his is arguably the best of all the eyewitness accounts of that tragedy. This is Allen's previously unpublished vivid account of the years he described as "the most exciting chapter of my life." As much the chronicle of the passing of an era as a personal narrative, its simple, direct, and often moving prose captures the injustices, gritty details, and relentless energy of a period of dramatic change in the West.

General

Imprint:	Bison Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2001
First published:	2001
Authors:	Charles W. Allen
Editors:	Richard E. Jensen
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade / Trade / Trade
Pages:	296
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-8032-5936-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Indigenous peoples Books > History > American history > General Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Biography > General Promotions
LSN:	0-8032-5936-0
Barcode:	9780803259362

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