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082 00 978.004/9752|223
092 0 970.00497 Red Cloud|bengelska
100 1 Drury, Bob|4aut
245 14 The heart of everything that is :|bthe untold story of Red
Cloud, an American legend /|cBob Drury and Tom Clavin
250 First Simon & Schuster paperback edition
264 1 New York :|bSimon & Schuster,|c2014
300 xii, 414 pages|billustrations, maps|c24 cm
336 text|btxt|2rdacontent
337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia
338 Normalt tryck|avolume|ba|bnc|2rdacarrier|2rdacarrier
490 1 McNAUGHTON COLLECTION
504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-397) and
index
520 The story of the great Ogala Sioux chief Red Cloud, the
most powerful Indian commander of the Plains who witnessed
the opening of the West and forced the American government
to sue for peace in a conflict named for him
520 The great Sioux warrior-statesman 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.
Born in 1821 near the Platte River in modern-day Nebraska,
Red Cloud lived an epic life of courage, wisdom, and
fortitude in the face of a relentless enemy -- the
soldiers and settlers who represented the "manifest
destiny" of an expanding America. He grew up an orphan and
had to overcome numerous social disadvantages to advance
in Sioux culture. Red Cloud did that by being the best
fighter, strategist, and leader of his fellow warriors. As
the white man pushed farther and farther west, they stole
the Indians' land, slaughtered the venerated buffalo, and
murdered with impunity anyone who resisted their
intrusions. The final straw for Red Cloud and his warriors
was the U.S. government's frenzied spate of fort building
throughout the pristine Powder River Country that abutted
the Sioux's sacred Black Hills -- Paha Sapa to the Sioux,
or "The Heart of Everything That Is." The result was a
gathering of angry tribes under one powerful leader. What
came to be known as Red Cloud's War (1866-1868) culminated
in a massacre of American cavalry troops that presaged the
Little Bighorn and served warning to Washington that the
Plains Indians would fight, and die for their land and
traditions. Despite his fame, the fog of history has left
Red Cloud strangely obscured. With this book, the story of
our nation's most powerful and successful Indian warrior
is finally told and it restores Red Cloud to his rightful
place in American history. In a sweeping and dramatic
narrative, based on years of primary research, the events
leading to Red Cloud's War are traced as he fights for the
very existence of the Indian way of life. It also provides
intimate portraits of the many men and women whose lives
Red Cloud touched, including mountain men, such as the
larger-than-life Jim Bridger; U.S. generals, like William
Tecumseh Sherman who was charged with annihilating the
Sioux; fearless explorers, such as the dashing John
Bozeman; and the warriors Red Cloud groomed, including the
legendary Crazy Horse. This stirring chronicle of the
conflict between an expanding white civilization and the
Plains Indians who stood in its way places the reader at
the center of this remarkable epoch in American history
and finally gives Red Cloud the modern-day recognition he
deserves. -- Publisher description
600 04 Red Cloud,|d1822-1909
648 7 1800-talet|2sao
648 7 1866-1867|2fast
650 0 Red Cloud's War, 1866-1867
650 0 Oglala Indians|xHistory
650 7 Oglala (folk)|2sao
650 7 Oglala (folk)|xhistoria|2sao
650 7 Amerikanska urfolk|2barn
650 7 Oglala Indians.|2fast
650 7 Oglala Indians|xGovernment relations.|2fast
650 7 Oglala Indians|xKings and rulers.|2fast
651 7 Förenta staterna|2sao
655 7 Biografi|2saogf
655 7 Biographies.|2fast
655 7 History.|2fast
700 1 Clavin, Thomas|4aut
830 0 McNAUGHTON COLLECTION
