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461) Ride the moon down
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Pioneer Titus Bass sets out across the plains in search of his wife and child who have been kidnapped by the Blackfoot nation and encounters proof of the quickly changing nature of the country as evidenced by crowds of settlers, a deadly outbreak of smallpox, and the formation of two profit-hungry companies that threaten his survival as a trapper.
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"Accurate transcription, long overdue, of the letters and diaries written during the [1869] expedition form the core of this book, but it goes well beyond a mere compilation of documents. The crew members emerge from the shadows to tell their stories, often differing from the account written by expedition leader John Wesley Powell"--Scott Thybony, Cover, p. 4.
464) Navaho Trading Days
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"In the 1920s and 1930s, Elizabeth Compton Hegemann traveled and worked as a Indian trader in remote areas of Arizona. She entertained numerous celebrities in spite of the necessity of bringing supplies from Flagstaff, a drive of several hours over mostly nonexistent dirt roads. She collected rare southwestern books, learned of the Navaho language, how to spin and weave, and the intricacies of trade in wool, blankets, and piñon nuts. Her record of...
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Presents an account of the massacre of 150 inhabitants of an Apache camp in Arizona by a posse of Americans, Mexicans, and Tohono O'odham Native Americans in 1871, describing the histories and motivations of each group involved and presenting the West as an extension of the Mexican north and home to various Native communities.
466) The three-cornered war: the Union, the Confederacy, and Native peoples in the fight for the West
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"In The Three-Cornered War Megan Kate Nelson reveals the fascinating history of the Civil War in the American West. Exploring the connections among the Civil War, the Indian wars, and western expansion, Nelson reframes the era as one of national conflict - involving not just the North and South, but also the West. Against the backdrop of this larger series of battles, Nelson introduces nine individuals: John R. Baylor, a Texas legislator who established...
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"In 1801, a genial and brilliant Revolutionary War veteran and politician became the fourth chief justice of the United States. He would hold the post for 34 years (still a record), expounding the Constitution he loved. Before he joined the Supreme Court, it was the weakling of the federal government, lacking in dignity and clout. After he died, it could never be ignored again. Through three decades of dramatic cases involving businessmen, scoundrels,...
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