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The Heart of Everything That Is: The Untold Story of Red Cloud, An American Legend

Bob Drury, Tom Clavin

How did Red Cloud, a Lakota war leader, force the United States to the table on Indian terms, and what came after?

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Author
Bob Drury, Tom Clavin

Why read it

  • You will hear a Lakota leader's own judgment of the promises made by the United States
  • You will see how a leader outgunned by the army still wore down three forts through persistence and timing
  • You will understand why a treaty can mean different things to each side, and why signed paper did not keep the peace

Who it is for

  • A reader who knows the frontier mostly from westerns
  • A history buff drawn to Native American leaders
  • Someone studying how weaker powers resist stronger ones

Contents

  1. Part I
  2. THE PRAIRIE
  3. Part II
  4. THE INVASION
  5. Part III
  6. THE RESISTANCE
  7. Part IV
  8. THE WAR
  9. Part V
  10. THE MASSACRE
  11. Epilogue
  12. Photographs

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