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BUECKER, THOMAS R. Fort Robinson And The American West, 1900 - 1948.
University of Oklahoma Press, Norman: 2003. 0806135344 / 9780806135342 s Softcover. Brand new book.
Few places provided a more storied backdrop for key events related to the high plains Indian wars than had Fort Robinson, Nebraska. Established in 1874 just south of the Black Hills, Fort Robinson witnessed many of the most dramatic, most tragic encounters between whites and American Indians, including the Cheyenne Outbreak, the death of Crazy Horse, the Ghost Dance, the desperation and diplomacy of such famed Plains Indian leaders as Dull Knife and Red Cloud, and the tragic sequence of events surrounding Wounded Knee. In Fort Robinson and the American West, 1874-1899, Thomas R. Buecker explores both the larger story of the Nebraska fort and the particulars of daily life and work at the fort. Buecker draws on historic reminiscences, government records, reports, correspondence, and other official accounts to render a thorough yet lively depiction. "The academic integrity and fine writing style make this book more than a mere history of a lone military post. Buecker ties Fort Robinson's historical development to events well beyond the narrow geographical confines of the Nebraska Panhandle, connecting the bigger stories with the larger military and political decisions that shaped the development of the northern and central plains. This book offers a sophisticated, reliable, and eminently readable interpretation of crucial military and Indian relations during the height of the fabled Indian wars."--Michael Tate, author of The Frontier Army in the Settlement of the West Thomas R. Buecker is the curator of the Fort Robinson Museum in Crawford, Nebraska. He is the author of more than fifty articles on the history of the West and coeditor of The Crazy Horse Surrender Ledger.
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19.95 USD
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