The heart of everything that is : the untold story of Red Cloud, an American legend / Bob Drury and Tom Clavin.
The untold story of the great Ogala Sioux chief Red Cloud, the most powerful Indian commander of the Plains who witnessed the opening of the West and forced the American government to sue for peace in a conflict named for him.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781451654660
- ISBN: 1451654669
- ISBN: 9781451654684
- ISBN: 1451654685
- Physical Description: xii, 414 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Simon & Schuster edition
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2013.
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-397) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Part I Prairie -- 1 First Contact 19 -- 2 Guns and Badlands 35 -- 3 Black Hills and Beyond 49 -- 4 "Red Cloud Comes!" 61 -- 5 Counting Coup 75 -- 6 "Print the Legend" 82 -- Part II Invasion -- 7 Old Gabe 93 -- 8 Glory Road 102 -- 9 Pretty Owl and Pine Leaf 108 -- 10 A Blood-Tinged Season 122 -- 11 A Lone Stranger 131 -- 12 Samuel Colt's Invention 142 -- 13 A Brief Respite 149 -- 14 Dakotas Rise 156 -- Part III Resistance -- 15 Strong Hearts 169 -- 16 An Army in Shambles 176 -- 17 Blood on the Ice 183 -- 18 Great Escape 190 -- 19 Bloody Bridge Station 200 -- 20 Hunt for Red Cloud 206 -- 21 Burn the Bodies; Eat the Horses 213 -- Part IV War -- 22 War Is Peace 223 -- 23 Big Bellies and Shirt Wearers 233 -- 24 Colonel Carrington's Circus 240 -- 25 Here Be Monsters 247 -- 26 Perfect Fort 253 -- 27 "Mercifully Kill All the Wounded" 260 -- 28 Roughing It 270 -- 29 A Thin Blue Line 279 -- 30 Fire in the Belly 286 -- 31 High Plains Drifters 294 -- Part V Massacre -- 32 Fetterman 303 -- 33 Dress Rehearsal 310 -- 34 Soldiers in Both Hands 317 -- 35 Half-Man's Omen 323 -- 36 Broken Arrows 330 -- 37 "Like Hogs Brought to Market" 336 -- 38 Fear and Mourning 343.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Statesville Main Library | B RED CLOUD DRU (Text) | 33114017383118 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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The untold story of the great Ogala Sioux chief Red Cloud, the most powerful Indian commander of the Plains who witnessed the opening of the West and forced the American government to sue for peace in a conflict named for him.
