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Thieves' road : the Black Hills betrayal and Custer's path to Little Bighorn, Terry Mort

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Tells the little-known story of this exploratory mission and reveals how it set the stage for the climactic Battle of the Little Bighorn two years later. What is the significance of this obscure foray into the Black Hills? The short answer, as the author explains, is that Custer found gold. This discovery in the context of the worst economic depression the country had yet experienced spurred a gold rush that brought hordes of white prospectors to the Sioux's sacred grounds. The result was the trampling of an 1868 treaty that had granted the Black Hills to the Sioux and their inevitable retaliation against the white invasion
Language
eng
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Publication
Extent
336 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Contents
  • War, taxes, and the resultant lure of gold
  • Gold in Montana, disaster in Wyoming
  • The adversaries
  • The Gilded Age
  • Politics, philanthropy, and corruption
  • The Northern Pacific Railroad
  • Custer agonistes
  • The Yellowstone Expedition
  • The Yellowstone battles
  • Anatomy of a crash
  • Build-up
  • Soldiers, scouts, and scientists
  • Alkali and comets, grass and stars
  • In the moon of black cherries
  • Homeward bound
  • Invasion
Isbn
9781616149604
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Thieves' road : the Black Hills betrayal and Custer's path to Little Bighorn
Title
Thieves' road
Title remainder
the Black Hills betrayal and Custer's path to Little Bighorn
Statement of responsibility
Terry Mort
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Thieves road
Title variation remainder
the Black Hills betrayal and Custers path to Little Bighorn
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
Tells the little-known story of this exploratory mission and reveals how it set the stage for the climactic Battle of the Little Bighorn two years later. What is the significance of this obscure foray into the Black Hills? The short answer, as the author explains, is that Custer found gold. This discovery in the context of the worst economic depression the country had yet experienced spurred a gold rush that brought hordes of white prospectors to the Sioux's sacred grounds. The result was the trampling of an 1868 treaty that had granted the Black Hills to the Sioux and their inevitable retaliation against the white invasion
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Mort, T. A.
Dewey number
978.3/9
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
  • plates
Index
index present
LC call number
F657.B6
LC item number
M67 2015
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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True
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  • Custer, George A.
  • Indians of North America
  • Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.)
  • Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.)
  • Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.)
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the Black Hills betrayal and Custer's path to Little Bighorn
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Thieves' road : the Black Hills betrayal and Custer's path to Little Bighorn, Terry Mort
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-324) and index
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text
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Contents
War, taxes, and the resultant lure of gold -- Gold in Montana, disaster in Wyoming -- The adversaries -- The Gilded Age -- Politics, philanthropy, and corruption -- The Northern Pacific Railroad -- Custer agonistes -- The Yellowstone Expedition -- The Yellowstone battles -- Anatomy of a crash -- Build-up -- Soldiers, scouts, and scientists -- Alkali and comets, grass and stars -- In the moon of black cherries -- Homeward bound -- Invasion
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
336 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9781616149604
Isbn Type
(hbk.)
Lccn
2014035457
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocn879915680
  • (OCoLC)879915680
Label
Thieves' road : the Black Hills betrayal and Custer's path to Little Bighorn, Terry Mort
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-324) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
War, taxes, and the resultant lure of gold -- Gold in Montana, disaster in Wyoming -- The adversaries -- The Gilded Age -- Politics, philanthropy, and corruption -- The Northern Pacific Railroad -- Custer agonistes -- The Yellowstone Expedition -- The Yellowstone battles -- Anatomy of a crash -- Build-up -- Soldiers, scouts, and scientists -- Alkali and comets, grass and stars -- In the moon of black cherries -- Homeward bound -- Invasion
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
336 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9781616149604
Isbn Type
(hbk.)
Lccn
2014035457
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocn879915680
  • (OCoLC)879915680

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