Bibliograph

Oh what a slaughter, massacres in the American West, 1846-1890, Larry McMurtry

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Oh what a slaughter, massacres in the American West, 1846-1890, Larry McMurtry

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [163]-165) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsportraits

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Oh what a slaughter

Responsibility statement

Larry McMurtry

Sub title

massacres in the American West, 1846-1890

Summary

Here are the true stories of the West's most terrible massacres -- Sacramento River, Mountain Meadows, Sand Creek, Marias River, Camp Grant, and Wounded Knee, among others. These massacres involved Americans killing Indians, but also Indians killing Americans, and, in the case of the hugely controversial Mountain Meadows Massacre in 1857, Mormons slaughtering a party of American settlers, including women and children. From letters and diaries, McMurtry recalls the full horror of these events, as well as the deep, constant apprehension and dread endured by both pioneers and Indians

Target audience

general

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