This is the dramatic story of the most crucial year in the history of the American West, 1876, when the wars between the United States Government and the Indian Nations reached a peak. Telling a great deal about Indian cultures, history, beliefs and personality, this is the first book to cover the whole year, rather than simply its components. 16-page photo insert. 3 maps.

A Good Year to Die: The Story of the Great Sioux War

History

Robinson, Charles M., III

Americas

Univ of Oklahoma Pr

The English-Built Confederate commerce raider Alabama is easily the best-known ship from the American Civil War. This book is essentially the biography of that ship - how she came to be, her mission, her cruises, and her destruction. Under the command of Captain Raphael Semmes, the Alabama wreaked havoc on the flow of food and military supplies to the North with devastating raids on both sides of the Atlantic as well as the Gulf of Mexico. The U.S. government considered the ship a major obstacle to Union victory and spared no effort in its attempts to locate and dispose of her. This eventually led to the dramatic confrontation between the USS Kearsarge and the Alabama off Cherbourg, France, while many French citizens looked on from the shore. The Alabama was sunk, ending the career of a ship that became legendary.By far the most inclusive, thorough book yet written on this famous American warship, it chronicles everything from construction to destruction, as well as her recent salvage. The author details shipboard life from the perspectives of both officers and seamen and recounts the Alabama's triumphs, frustrations, and deterioration from continued operation, as well as world opinion of her, and more. He includes material on the discovery of the wreck off Cherbourg in the 1980s and the subsequent controversy over rights to the ship and the archaeological investigation. This story is certain to satisfy general readers and critical scholars alike.

Shark of the Confederacy: The Story of the Css Alabama

Combined Books

Fort Griffin, Texas, is rarely used in the same sentence with Dodge City, Deadwood and Tombstone, yet this frontier town was every bit tough as the places that went down in brutal history. Vigilantes, lynchings, ladies of easy virtue, buffalo hunting, gambling, posses, more lynchings, and lawmen as bad as the outlaws they jailed, Fort Griffin had it all, bustling with a raw life not for the faint-of-heart. Commonly known as the Flat, Fort Griffin grew from a military post rife with Indian trouble, to a spirited, rough hewn collection of folk, only to burnout in a matter of decades. Within that time it helped mold characters equal to any of legend. John Larn, the Flat's second sheriff, was not only considered one of the best lawmen in the county, he was also a cattle thief and killer, and died as violently as he had lived. Colonel Ranald Mackenzie, commanding officer of the Fourth Cavalry, was the man whose savvy and knowledge would eventually put an end to the savage Indian attacks that had plagued Fort Griffin and surrounding territories. Lottie Deno was the celebrity of Fort Griffin's floating world. With a mysterious past and uncommon elegance for women in her trade, her time in the Flat was to end with the tragic murder of her lover. Fort Griffin had all the makings of the legendary western town, and was an archetype for the untamed frontier life. Its story is one of passion anger, lawlessness and occasional justice, and will further establish the Flat as a truly original pioneer town.

The Frontier World of Fort Griffin: The Life and Death of a Western Town (WESTERN LANDS AND WATERS SERIES)

Arthur H. Clark

The Warren Wagon Train raid, also known as the Salt Creek massacre, occurred on May 18, 1871. Henry Warren was contracted to haul supplies to forts in the west of Texas, including Fort Richardson, Fort Griffin, and Fort Concho. Traveling down the Jacksboro-Belknap road heading towards Salt Creek Crossing, they encountered William Tecumseh Sherman. Less than an hour after encountering the famous General, they spotted a rather large group of riders ahead. They quickly realized that these were Native American warriors, probably Kiowa and/or Comanche. The corn train quickly shifted into a ring formation, and all the mules were put into the center of the ring. The warriors destroyed the corn supplies, killing and mutilating seven of the wagoneer's bodies. Five men managed to escape, one of which was Thomas Brazeale who reached Fort Richardson on foot, some 20 miles away. As soon as Col. Ranald S. Mackenzie learned of the incident, he informed Sherman. Sherman and Mackenzie searched for the warriors responsible for the raid. In the end, notwithstanding the intervention of Guipago (Lone Wolf), well equipped with loaded rifles and revolvers and ready to fight, three of the war leaders involved were arrested at Fort Sill: Satanta (White Bear), Satank (Sitting Bear), and Ado-ete (Big Tree). Satank attempted to escape and was killed while traveling to Fort Richardson for trial. The other two were tried and convicted of murder. (Wikipedia)

The Indian Trial: The Complete Story of the Warren Wagon Train Massacre and the Fall of the Kiowa Nation

The Court-Martial of Lieutenant Henry Flipper (SOUTHWESTERN STUDIES)

Tax Law

Texas Western Press

Frontier Forts of Texas

1986 First Edition from the Lone Star book collection.

UNKNO

The English-built Confederate commerce raider Alabama is easily the best-known ship from the American Civil War. This book is essentially the biography of that ship - how she came to be, her mission, her cruises, and her destruction. By far the most inclusive, thorough book yet written on this famous American warship, it chronicles everything from construction to destruction, as well as her recent salvage.

Naval Inst Pr

Bad Hand: A Biography of General Ranald S. Mackenzie

A Civil War hero, victorious Indian fighter and eventual madman; General Ranald S. Mackenzie's fascinating life, his descent into madness are brought to life in a complete and thoroughly researched biography that reestablishes his importance in the history of Texas and the United States.

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

State House Pr

The Buffalo Hunters/Signed, Limited Edition

In 1867 the New York Times wrote that "in cunning or native  diplomacy Satanta has no equal in boldness, daring and merciless  cruelty."  Even in 1867, however, the Times was able to admit that  there are "good points in this dusky chieftain which command  admiration."  Here at last is a brilliantly researched and written  biography of the Kiowa chief who terrorized the western frontier but  who fascinated the eastern press.  The war-leader of the Warren wagon  train massacre was also the orator and diplomat who did much to  publicize to the eastern establishment the 19th-century tragedies being  inflicted upon the Indian tribes.  From Satanta's birth ca. 1815 to his  ignominious death in a Texas prison in 1878, award-winning biographer  Charles M. Robinson III deals with Satanta, as both legend and man,  within the context, heritage and history of the Kiowa culture as it  came face-to-face with the encroachments of western immigration.

Satanta: The Life and Death of a War Chief

Community & Culture

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A Good Year to Die: The Story of the Great Sioux War

Shark of the Confederacy: The Story of the Css Alabama

The Frontier World of Fort Griffin: The Life and Death of a Western Town (WESTERN LANDS AND WATERS SERIES)

The Indian Trial: The Complete Story of the Warren Wagon Train Massacre and the Fall of the Kiowa Nation

The Court-Martial of Lieutenant Henry Flipper (SOUTHWESTERN STUDIES)

Frontier Forts of Texas

Shark of the Confederacy: The Story of the Css Alabama

Bad Hand: A Biography of General Ranald S. Mackenzie

The Buffalo Hunters/Signed, Limited Edition

Satanta: The Life and Death of a War Chief