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A tribute to contemporary realist western art

Celebrates the contributions of West Point artists to the interpretation of the American West

Originally published as a photographic travelogue and guide to British investment in the American this account is both idiosyncratic and emblematic of its time. The republication of this extremely rare volume makes available an important primary document of a brief but pivotal historical moment connecting the American West and the British Empire.

A singular work of unprecedented scope, Reclaiming the Hopewellian Ceremonial Sphere will encourage archaeologists to re-examine their interpretations.

Focuses on Junipero Serra's religious identity and his relations with Native peoples. The authors intersperse their narrative with new and accessible translations of many of Serra's letters and sermons, which allows his voice to be heard in a more direct and engaging fashion.

Over the course of his military career, George Crook developed empathy and admiration for American Indians both as foes and as allies. As Paul Magid has demonstrated in the previous two volumes of his biography, this experience prepared Crook well for his metamorphosis from Indian fighter to outspoken advocate of Indian rights.

For members of US Army's "Task Force Faith" and the First Marine Division, the Battle of Chosin Reservoir is an epic story of survival, courage, and ingenuity. Now, for the first time, Attack at Chosin recounts this battle from the Chinese perspective, describing the advance that forced General MacArthur to reorient his strategy.

Between 1536 and 1601, at the request of the colonial administration of New Spain, indigenous artists crafted more than two hundred maps to be used as evidence in litigation over the allocation of land. This book explores how, as persuasive and rhetorical images, these maps did more than simply record the disputed territories for lawsuits.

Reexamines the Spanish conquest of Guatemala to give us a greater appreciation of indigenous involvement in it, and sustained opposition to it. The authors develop a fresh perspective on Pedro de Alvarado as well as the alliances forged with native groups that facilitated Spanish objectives.

In 1971, a group of tribal leaders formed the National Tribal Chairmen's Association (NTCA) to advocate on behalf of reservation-based tribes and to counter the more radical approach of the Red Power movement. Voice of the Tribes is the first comprehensive history of the NTCA from its inception in 1971 to its 1986 disbandment.

On December 28, 1894 Lakota chief Two Sticks was hanged in Deadwood, South Dakota. On the gallows, Two Sticks declared, "My heart knows I am not guilty and I am happy." The story of Two Sticks, as recounted in detail in this book, is at once the righting of a historical wrong and a record of the injustices visited upon the Lakota.

Major General Emory Upton served in all three branches of the US military during the American Civil War. An account of Upton's life is not complete, however, without a look into his brief, yet passionate, marriage to Emily Norwood Martin. This edition of Emory and Emily's letters unveils the private life of a brilliant Civil War personality.

You might not know the names of Boudleaux and Felice Bryant, but you know their music. Arriving in Nashville in 1950, the songwriting duo became the first full-time independent songwriters in that musical city. Bobbie Malone and Bill Malone recount how Boudleaux and Felice began their partnership as itinerant musicians living in a trailer home.

Nothing can change the terrible facts of the Sand Creek Massacre. The human toll of the horrific Sand Creek Massacre and the ensuing loss of a way of life have never been fully recounted until now. Louis Kraft tells this story, drawing on the words and actions of those who participated in the events at this critical time.

Historian Jerome A. Greene is renowned for his memorable chronicles of egregious events involving American Indians and the US military. In this volume he explores a signal - and appallingly brutal - event in American history: the desperate flight of Chief Dull Knife's Northern Cheyenne Indians from imprisonment at Fort Robinson, Nebraska.

The events and personalities of ancient Rome spring to life in this history. Paul A. Zoch presents, in contemporary language, the history of Rome and the stories of its protagonists such as Romulus and Remus, Horatius, and Nero-which are so often omitted from more specialized studies.

On two separate days in August 1945, the US dropped atomic bombs over the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Alison Fields explores - through the lenses of multiple disciplines - ongoing memories of the two bombings. Enhanced by colour and black-and-white images, this book is an innovative contribution to memory studies and nuclear humanities.

In August 1862 the worst massacre in US history unfolded on the Minnesota prairie, launching what came to be known as the Dakota War. The wholesale violence has long obscured what really happened. A sweeping work of narrative history, Massacre in Minnesota provides the most complete account of this dark moment in US history.

Offers the first full biography of George Washington Littlefield, the Texas and New Mexico rancher, Austin banker and businessman, University of Texas regent, and philanthropist. In just two decades, Littlefield's business acumen vaulted him from debt to inclusion in 1892 on the first list of American millionaires.

A study of the Revolutionary War careers of the Continental Army's generals - their experience, performance, and relationships with Washington and the Continental Congress - this book provides an overview of the politics of command, both within and outside the army, and a unique perspective on how it affected Washington's prosecution of the war.

The unique posters that branded Buffalo Bill's Wild West as the true Wild West experience attracted patrons from around to the traveling show. Michelle Delaney showcases these posters in colour, many of which have never before been reproduced, pairing them with new research into previously inaccessible manuscript and photograph collections.

This stirring memoir is the story of Ada Deer, the first woman to serve as head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Deer begins, "I was born a Menominee Indian. That is who I was born and how I have lived."