Lawrence deborah and jon (2 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: New. 1st Edition. Red cloth boards in mylar protected illustrated dust jacket. Illustrations and maps. Notes, bibliography and index. 258 pp. Unread. NEW in NEW dust jacket.

First edition. 8vo. Red cloth, gold stamping on the spine, xiii, [blank], 258 pp., preface, illustrated, portraits, maps, notes, bibliography, index. Merciless killing in the nineteenth century American West, was not as simple as depicted in dime novels and movie Westerns. The scholars interviewed, experts on violence in the West, embrace a wide range of approaches and perspectives and challenge both traditional views of western expansion and politically correct ideologies. Specific events are covered as well as broader themes such as violence in early California; hostilities between the frontier army and the Sioux, including the Santee Revolt and Wounded Knee; and violence between European Americans and Great Basin tribes, such as the Bear River Massacre. As New in dust jacket. …