Chiefs & generals
Subtitle: nine men who shaped the American West
By: edited by Richard W. Etulain & Glenda Riley
Publisher: MJF Books
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
ISBN-13: 9781567318425
Subjects: Indians of North America; Biography; Kings and rulers; Generals
Other titles: Chiefs and generals
Description: Treaties, betrayals, surrender and bloodshed formed the daily backdrop to the nine compelling lives of the American West told in this volume.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-227) and index.
Table of contents: title: Lakota Chief Red Cloud : formidable in war and peace / Robert W. Larson; title: Apache Chief Victorio : seeker of peace and master strategist / Glenda Riley; title: Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce : a western tragedy / Richard W. Etulain; title: O.O. Howard : the Christian general / Richard N. Ellis; title: Geronimo : the "last renegade" / L.G. Moses; title: George Crook : the humanitarian general / Darlis A. Miller; title: General George Armstrong Custer : the waging of total war in the American West / Shirley A. Leckie; title: Ranald Mackenzie : war on the Plains Indians / Durwood Ball; title: Nelson A. Miles : the soldier as westerner / Robert Wooster.