All Because of a Mormon Cow: Historical Accounts of the Grattan Massacre, 1854-1855 - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:John D. McDermott (Editor), R. Eli Paul (Editor), Sandra J. Lowry (Editor)Publish date:2018-11-22Pages:240
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Oklahoma PressISBN-13:9780806161532ISBN-10:806161531UPC:9780806161532Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United States, Indigenous Peoples in the Americas, MilitaryBook Topic:19th Century, United StatesSize:9.53 x 7.86 x 0.87 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SC8260795S
All Because of a Mormon Cow: Historical Accounts of the Grattan Massacre, 1854-1855
On August 19, 1854, U.S. Army lieutenant John L. Grattan led a detachment of twenty-nine soldiers and one civilian interpreter to a large Lakota encampment near Fort Laramie to arrest an Indian man accused of killing a Mormon emigrant's cow. The terrible series of events that followed, which became known as the Grattan Massacre, unleashed the opening volley in the First Sioux War--and marked th...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Oklahoma PressISBN-13:9780806161532ISBN-10:806161531UPC:9780806161532Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United States, Indigenous Peoples in the Americas, MilitaryBook Topic:19th Century, United StatesSize:9.53 x 7.86 x 0.87 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SC8260795S
McDermott, John D.: -
John D. McDermott (1935-2016) was a historian and administrator with the National Park Service and the President's Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. His numerous published books and articles on the American West include Red Cloud's War: The Bozeman Trail, 1866-1868.
Paul, R. Eli: - R. Eli Paul heads the Missouri Valley Special Collections at the Kansas City Public...Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
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John D. McDermott (Editor), R. Eli Paul (Editor), Sandra J. Lowry (Editor)
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