Author: J. Brett Cruse Publisher: Texas A&M University Press ISBN: 1623491525 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 274
Book Description
Battles of the Red River War unearths a long-buried record of the collision of two cultures. In 1874, U.S. forces led by Col. Ranald S. Mackenzie carried out a surprise attack on several Cheyenne, Comanche, and Kiowa bands that had taken refuge in the Palo Duro Canyon of the Texas panhandle and destroyed their winter stores and horses. After this devastating loss, many of these Indians returned to their reservations and effectively brought to a close what has come to be known as the Red River War, a campaign carried out by the U.S. Army during 1874 as a result of Indian attacks on white settlers in the region. After this operation, the Southern Plains Indians would never again pose a coherent threat to whites’ expansion and settlement across their ancestral homelands. Until now, the few historians who have undertaken to tell the story of the Red River War have had to rely on the official records of the battles and a handful of extant accounts, letters, and journals of the U.S. Army participants. Starting in 1998, J. Brett Cruse, under the auspices of the Texas Historical Commission, conducted archeological investigations at six battle sites. In the artifacts they unearthed, Cruse and his teams found clues that would both correct and complete the written records and aid understanding of the Indian perspectives on this clash of cultures. Including a chapter on historiography and archival research by Martha Doty Freeman and an analysis of cartridges and bullets by Douglas D. Scott, this rigorously researched and lavishly illustrated work will commend itself to archeologists, military historians and scientists, and students and scholars of the Westward Expansion.
Author: Robert S. Weddle Publisher: ISBN: Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 360
Book Description
The acclaimed historian Robert Weddle reveals the true story of the explorer La Salle and his ship the Belle. An in depth history of the exploration of La Salle and the archaeological dig of the vessel La Belle.
Author: George A. Scott Publisher: DIANE Publishing ISBN: 9781422329214 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 54
Book Description
Concerns have been raised about the Dept. of Education¿s role in overseeing the lenders & schools that participate in the largest of the Federal government¿s student loan programs, the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP). The author was asked to analyze the Dept. of Education¿s use of its oversight, guidance, & enforcement authorities under FFELP. To do this, the author reviewed departmental documents & Federal laws, regulations, & cases & interviewed officials from the Dept. of Education & the student loan industry. Includes recommendations. Charts & tables.
Author: Fredy Perlman Publisher: ISBN: Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 240
Book Description
Cultural Writing. Political Science. This edition of THE NEW FREEDOM: CORPORATE CAPITALISM reproduces the entire text of Fredy Perlman's first book, self-published in 1961 in an edition of 91. The text of this edition is based on copy 7, currently in the posession of the Library of Congress. "Where there's freedom of speech and freedom of the press, there cannot be 'dangerous ideas.' There can be imaginative and unimaginative, original and trite ideas, but no 'dangerous' ones. The advocacy of public sabotage, misery and oppression for the sake of private aggrandisement and power is dangerous, but it is not an idea. In a democratic society, the man who advocates personal gain at public expense would be greeted as a lunatic, since he expresses, not reasoned conclusions, but an irrational will to dominate over and enslave other men..."--from the text.
Author: John Mortimer Publisher: ISBN: 9780727846587 Category : Detective and mystery stories Languages : en Pages : 239
Book Description
A collection of crime stories by authors including John Mortimer, Ellis Peters, Charlotte Armstrong, Ralph McInerny and G.K. Chesterton.
Author: Dwight Henderson Publisher: ISBN: 9781491298978 Category : Mitchell Lake Wildlife Refuge (Texas) Languages : en Pages : 82
Book Description
Mitchell Lake: an Illustrated History reminds us of the lake's origins as a natural body of water that attracted a large number of Native American tribes, primarily hunters and gatherers pursuing the abundant game and plant life in its environs for perhaps thousands of years. It traces the history of the Mitchell Lake area, chronicles the growth of San Antonio, details the environmental evolution of its waste management, and highlights the successful efforts of activist volunteers. Revised for 2012.
Author: J. Brett Cruse
Author: James E. Bruseth
Author: Robert S. Weddle
Author: Edward Nash Hurley
Author: George A. Scott
Author: Texas
Author: Fredy Perlman
Author: John Mortimer
Author: Stephen Ernest Laubach
Author: Dwight Henderson