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The Heart of Everything That Is
This acclaimed New York Times bestselling biography of the legendary Sioux warrior Red Cloud, is “a page-turner with remarkable immediacy…and the narrative sweep of a great Western” (The Boston Globe).
Red Cloud was the only American Indian in history to defeat the United States Army in a war, forcing the government to sue for peace on his terms. At the peak of Red Cloud’s powers the Sioux could claim control of one-fifth of the contiguous United States and the loyalty of thousands of fierce fighters. But the fog of history has left Red Cloud strangely obscured. Now, thanks to the rediscovery of a lost autobiography, and painstaking research by two award-winning authors, the story of the nineteenth century’s most powerful and successful Indian warrior can finally be told.
In this astonishing untold story of the American West, Bob Drury and Tom Clavin restore Red Cloud to his rightful place in American history in a sweeping and dramatic narrative based on years of primary research. As they trace the events leading to Red Cloud’s War, they provide intimate portraits of the many lives Red Cloud touched—mountain men such as Jim Bridger; US generals like William Tecumseh Sherman, who were charged with annihilating the Sioux; fearless explorers, such as the dashing John Bozeman; and the memorable warriors whom Red Cloud groomed, like the legendary Crazy Horse. And at the center of the story is Red Cloud, fighting for the very existence of the Indian way of life.
“Unabashed, unbiased, and disturbingly honest, leaving no razor-sharp arrowhead unturned, no rifle trigger unpulled....a compelling and fiery narrative” (USA TODAY), this is the definitive chronicle of the conflict between an expanding white civilization and the Plains Indians who stood in its way.
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Available on kindle for $9 , not the $17 apple wants to charge
By Useless for iPad
Liked the detailed research - amazing! I can now see why the Indians hated the white man, and why the white man hated the Indians.
By dffyuytrc
This is a fascinating tale of Native life on the upper plains, Native views of their adversaries, post Civil War officers’ views of Natives and all the crazy things both sets of men did to either maintain the Heart of Everything That Is, or to settle the American West. These are the kind of stories, endemic to our identity, that we miss out on when we don’t teach “critical race theory” Please read this book.g
By Austn transplant
Very informative reading!!!
By Dingnews
A great read of the battle between Indigenous People and the greedy white man.
By ORgypsy