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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 23
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The bestselling author of "Mayflower" sheds new light on one of the iconic stories of the American West, reminding readers that the Battle of the Little Bighorn was also, even in victory, the last stand for the Sioux and Cheyenne Indian nations.
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Plainsmen volume 9
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After his disastrous stalemate on Powder River, Crook retreats south for the winter. In spring his is the first column to set off for Indian Country. From his supply base at Goose Creek, Crook plunges after the hostiles reportedly on Rosebud Creek. Caught napping three months to the day after the fight on Powder River, Crook wages his personal duel with Crazy Horse in a dramatic day-long battle just eight days before Crazy Horse will crush Custer....
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Buffalo Calf Road Woman, by Rosemary and Joseph Agonito, is a remarkable achievement crafted by two serious scholars and gifted writers. In this award-winning book, the authors have skillfully incorporated the fruits of many years of research in the archives of the Northern Cheyenne with realistic and compelling dialogue. This poignant, well balanced work highlights the injustices that inform this chapter of the history of the American West. Highly...
10) Ashes of heaven
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Series
Plainsmen volume 13
Pub. Date
c1998
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The U.S. Army's goal: to wipe out the remnants of scattered, starving people on the frontier's Northern Plain. But before Colonel Nelson A. Miles, the Bear Coat, launched his spring campaign into the heart of Indian country, the commander took one last stab at negotiations--and called on a Cheyenne woman and the famous half-breed pony scout named Johnny Bruguier. Together, they traveled to the valley of the upper Rosebud River to urge the Sioux to...
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Pub. Date
c1995
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It was 1876, The Black Hills, which overlap the boundary between South Dakota and Wyoming, had become the last important battleground of a tragic war against the Indians. The Indians were to be trapped in a three-pronged attack by General Crook, General Terry, and Colonel Custer, but the rugged country - where the temperature could often dip thirty to forty degrees in just a few hours - thwarted almost every foray. By the time the campaign had ended,...
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Plainsmen volume 8
Pub. Date
2005
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Frontier scout Seamus Donegan joins Colonel Joseph Reynolds and four hundred soldiers in their lightning attack on a massive encampment of Native Americans.