Overview
The Compelling, Tragic Story of a Great Cheyenne Chief
As white settlers poured into the west during the nineteenthcentury, many famous Indian chiefs fought to stop them, includingSitting Bull, Crazy Horse, and Geronimo. But one great Cheyennechief, Black Kettle, understood that the whites could not bestopped. To save his people, he worked unceasingly to establishpeace and avoid bloodshed. Yet despite his heroic efforts, theCheyennes were repeatedly betrayed and would become the victims oftwo notorious massacres, the second of which cost Black Kettle hislife. In this first biography of black Kettle, historian Thom Hatchat last gives us the full story of this illustrious Native Americanleader, offering an unforgettable portrait of a chief who soughtpeace but found war.
Praise For Thom Hatch
The Blue, the Gray, and the Red
"Clear and even-handed. . . . This popular history recounts grim,bloody, lesser-known events of the Civil War. . . . The slaughterof Black Kettle's Cheyennes at Sand Creek . . . forms a devastatingchapter."
-Publishers Weekly
The Custer Companion
"Highly recommended . . . a reliable and impartial guide to thesubject and literature."
-Library Journal
Custer and the Battle of Little Bighorn
"A work that is readable by itself, meticulously researched andclearly written."
-The Tulsa World
As white settlers poured into the west during the nineteenthcentury, many famous Indian chiefs fought to stop them, includingSitting Bull, Crazy Horse, and Geronimo. But one great Cheyennechief, Black Kettle, understood that the whites could not bestopped. To save his people, he worked unceasingly to establishpeace and avoid bloodshed. Yet despite his heroic efforts, theCheyennes were repeatedly betrayed and would become the victims oftwo notorious massacres, the second of which cost Black Kettle hislife. In this first biography of black Kettle, historian Thom Hatchat last gives us the full story of this illustrious Native Americanleader, offering an unforgettable portrait of a chief who soughtpeace but found war.
Praise For Thom Hatch
The Blue, the Gray, and the Red
"Clear and even-handed. . . . This popular history recounts grim,bloody, lesser-known events of the Civil War. . . . The slaughterof Black Kettle's Cheyennes at Sand Creek . . . forms a devastatingchapter."
-Publishers Weekly
The Custer Companion
"Highly recommended . . . a reliable and impartial guide to thesubject and literature."
-Library Journal
Custer and the Battle of Little Bighorn
"A work that is readable by itself, meticulously researched andclearly written."
-The Tulsa World
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