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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: R. Eli Paul , Paul R EliPublisher: South Dakota State Historical Society Imprint: South Dakota State Historical Society ISBN: 9781941813218ISBN 10: 1941813216 Pages: 184 Publication Date: 30 May 2019 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsIntroduction. The Frontier Army Remembered - R. Eli Paul Chapter 1. Harney’s Aide-de-Camp at the Blue Water Fight, 1855: A Letter by Marshall T. Polk II, United States Army - R. Eli Paul Chapter 2. The Fourth United States Artillery and the Great Sioux War: Source Material - Paul L. Hedren Chapter 3. Shoot Today and Kill Tomorrow: The Function and Evolution of Artillery during the Indian Campaigns, 1866–1890 - Douglas C. McChristian Chapter 4. No Time to Fight: Recreation in the Frontier Army - Lori A. Cox-Paul Chapter 5. “A Very Good Friend to the Army”: The Frontier Soldier in the Western Art of Frederic Remington - Brian W. Dippie Chapter 6. Lakota Perspectives on Wounded Knee, 1890 - Jerome A. Greene Chapter 7. Remembering the Buffalo Soldiers: Memorials to Black Soldiers of the Indian-War Era - Frank N. Schubert Appendix. Notable Works on the Frontier Army and Indian Wars by Thomas R. Buecker and John D. McDermott Contributors IndexReviewsSeldom does one volume offer so much varied perspective. It unites the talents of seven prominent frontier army and Indian historians to honor two recently departed colleagues, John D. McDermott and Thomas R. Buecker. . . . The essays together offer authoritative scholarship grounded in many new sources. Overall, the authors extend worthy tribute t -- David A. Wolff, professor emeritus of history, Black Hills State University sdhspress.com The story of the winning and the losing of the West, depending on your point of view, will never be exhausted. R. Eli Paul, author of many books and a longtime friend of Buecker and McDermott, has now edited a collection of seven vigorous essays in their honor. All are filled with the sort of fresh and unexpected information that Buecker and McDerm -- Thomas Powers, author of The Killing of Crazy Horse and Pulitzer Prize winner sdhspress.com Author InformationR. Eli Paul recently retired as head of the Missouri Valley Special Collections at the Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City, Missouri. He has published extensively on the subject of the Plains Indians, including collaborative efforts with Thomas R. Buecker and John D. McDermott. In 2005, Paul received the Robert M. Utley Book Prize from the Western History Association for Blue Water Creek and the First Sioux War, 1854–1856 (2004). His most recent book is Sign Talker: Hugh Lenox Scott Remembers Indian Country (2016). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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