Thieves' road : the Black Hills betrayal and Custer's path to Little Bighorn /

In the summer of 1874, Brevet Major General George Armstrong Custer led an expedition of some 1000 troops and more than one hundred wagons into the Black Hills of South Dakota. This fascinating work of narrative history tells the little-known story of this exploratory mission and reveals how it set...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mort, T. A. (Terry A.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2015.
Temas:
Custer, George A. > (George Armstrong), > 1839-1876 > Travel > Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.)
Custer, George A. > (George Armstrong), > 1839-1876
1800-1899
Indians of North America > Wars > 1866-1895.
Peuples autochtones > Guerres > États-Unis > 1866-1895.
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Discoveries in geography
Gold mines and mining
Indians of North America > Wars
Travel
Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.) > Discovery and exploration.
Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.) > Gold discoveries.
Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.) > History > 19th century.
Black Hills (Dak. du S. et Wyom.) > Découverte et exploration.
Black Hills (Dak. du S. et Wyom.) > Découvertes d'or.
Black Hills (Dak. du S. et Wyom.) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
United States > Black Hills
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • War, taxes, debt, and the resultant lure of gold
  • Gold in Montana, disaster in Wyoming
  • The adversaries
  • The Gilded Age
  • Politics, philanthropy, and corruption
  • The Northern Pacific Railroad
  • Custer agonistes
  • The Yellowstone Expedition
  • The Yellowstone battles
  • Anatomy of a crash
  • Build-up
  • Soldiers, scouts and scientists
  • Alkali and comets, grass and stars
  • In the moon of black cherries
  • Homeward bound
  • Invasion.

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