Author: Lynn M. StonePublisher:
ISBN: 9780865931077
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Describes the physical characteristics, habitat, and behavior of the Rocky Mountain Bighorn sheep.
Battling Bighorns
Author: Lynn M. StonePublisher:
ISBN: 9780865931077
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Describes the physical characteristics, habitat, and behavior of the Rocky Mountain Bighorn sheep.
Archaeological Perspectives on the Battle of the Little Bighorn
Author: Richard A. FoxPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806132921
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Based on the archaeological evidence presented in this book, we know more about the weapons used against the Custer and the Cavalry, where many of the men fought, how they died, what happened to their bodies, how the troopers were deployed, and what kind of clothing they wore.
Uncovering History
Author: Douglas D. ScottPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806189576
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Almost as soon as the last shot was fired in the Battle of the Little Bighorn, the battlefield became an archaeological site. For many years afterward, as fascination with the famed 1876 fight intensified, visitors to the area scavenged the many relics left behind. It took decades, however, before researchers began to tease information from the battle’s debris—and the new field of battlefield archaeology began to emerge. In Uncovering History, renowned archaeologist Douglas D. Scott offers a comprehensive account of investigations at the Little Bighorn, from the earliest collecting efforts to early-twentieth-century findings. Artifacts found on a field of battle and removed without context or care are just relics, curiosities that arouse romantic imagination. When investigators recover these artifacts in a systematic manner, though, these items become a valuable source of clues for reconstructing battle events. Here Scott describes how detailed analysis of specific detritus at the Little Bighorn—such as cartridge cases, fragments of camping equipment and clothing, and skeletal remains—have allowed researchers to reconstruct and reinterpret the history of the conflict. In the process, he demonstrates how major advances in technology, such as metal detection and GPS, have expanded the capabilities of battlefield archaeologists to uncover new evidence and analyze it with greater accuracy. Through his broad survey of Little Bighorn archaeology across a span of 130 years, Scott expands our understanding of the battle, its protagonists, and the enduring legacy of the battlefield as a national memorial.
The Battle of the Greasy Grass/Little Bighorn
Author: Debra BuchholtzPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113630049X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
In June of 1876, the U.S. government’s plan to pressure the Lakota and Cheyenne people onto reservations came to a dramatic and violent end with a battle that would become enshrined in American memory. In the eyes of many Americans at the time, the Battle of Little Bighorn represented a symbolic struggle between the civilized and the savage. Known as the Battle of the Greasy Grass to the Lakota, the Battle of Little Bighorn to the people who suppressed them, and as Custer’s Last Stand in the annals of popular culture, the event continues to captivate students of American history. In The Battle of Little Bighorn, Debra Buchholtz narrates the history of the battle and critically examines the legacy it has left. Through government documents, newspaper articles, and eyewitness accounts, Buchholtz situates the material and symbolic impact of the battle at the time. Using popular film and cultural references, she investigates the ways in which the wake of the event continues to shape the way students understand indigenous peoples, the Wild West, and the history of America.
Red Sabbath
Author: Robert J. KershawPublisher: Ian Allan Publishing
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
There are few battles in the sometimes bloody history of the expansion of the United States in North America during the Indian Wars that are more famous than Little Bighorn. In 'Red Sabbath' noted military historian Robert Kershaw turns his attention to this classic encounter between the United States Army and the Plains Indians. Analysing the causes of Custer's defeat from the standpoint of a professional soldier, he examines the multitude of factors that lay behind this setback of a modern US Army's campaign against an unsophisticated foe. Bringing a forensic examination to the subject, this new view of the battle will be required reading for all those with an interest in the military history of the USA and of the career of that iconic figure Custer. His analysis debunks many of the myths about Custer's abilities as a military commander and previous generalisations of this savage encounter, providing a unique insight into the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
Killing Custer
Author: James WelchPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393329391
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
The classic account of Custer\'s Last Stand that shattered themyth of the Little Bighorn and rewrote history books. This historic and personal work tells the Native American sideof Custer\'s fabled attack, poignantly revealing how disastrous theencounter was for the "victors," the last great gathering of PlainsIndians under the leadership of Sitting Bull.
Archaeological Perspectives on the Battle of the Little Bighorn
Author: Melissa A. ConnorPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806170506
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
Ever since the Custer massacres on June 25, 1876, the question has been asked: What happened - what REALLY happened - at the Battle of the Little Bighorn? We know some of the answers, because half of George Armstrong Custer’s Seventh Cavalry - the men with Major Marcus Reno and Captain Frederick Benteen - survived the fight, but what of the half that did not, the troopers, civilians, scouts, and journalist who were with Custer? Now, because a grass fire in August 1983 cleared the terrain of brush and grass and made possible thorough archaeological examinations of the battlefield in 1984 and 1985, we have many answers to important questions. On the basis of the archaeological evidence presented in this book, we know more about what kinds of weapons were used against the cavalry. We know exactly where many of the men fought, how they died, and what happened to their bodies at the time of or after death. We know how the troopers were deployed, what kind of clothing they wore, what kind of equipment they had, how they fought. Through the techniques of historical archaeology and forensic anthropology, the remains and grave of one of Custer’s scouts, Mitch Boyer, have been identified. And through geomorphology and the process of elimination, we know with almost 100 percent certainty where the twenty-eight missing men who supposedly were buried en masse in Deep Ravine will be found.
The Battle of the Little Bighorn
Author: Marc Tyler NoblemanPublisher: Capstone
ISBN: 9780756501501
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
A short look at one of the most famous battles in American history.
The Battle of the Little Bighorn
Author: Janey LevyPublisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 1435801970
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
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Sitting Bull and the Battle of the Little Bighorn
Author: Dan AbnettPublisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 9781435840454
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Sitting Bull was a warrior, medicine-man, leader of the Sioux nation, and an inspiration to his people to fight for their land. Travel back for a glimpse of this proud warrior's life and the sad plight of the Native Americans.