Record details

• ISBN: 0316067474
• ISBN: 9780316067478
• Physical Description: xiii, 528 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 21cm
• Edition: 1st edition
• Publisher: New York : Back Bay Books, 2009.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 487-511) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Prologue: a good day to die -- The divine injunction -- "The boy general of the golden lock" -- Patriots -- Outside the states -- Belknap's Anaconda -- "Submitt to Uncl Sam or kill the 7 hors" -- "The hide and seek for Sitting Bull" -- The fruits of insubordination -- The Seventh rides out -- The trail to the greasy grass -- On the jump -- The charge -- "The savior of the Seventh" -- Soldiers falling -- The hill -- "Death was all around us" -- The rescue -- "All the world has gone" -- The lost captain -- For the honor of the regiment -- Ghosts dancing.

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