The Modoc War : a story of genocide at the dawn of America's Gilded Age / / Robert Aquinas McNally

• Autore: McNally Robert Aquinas
• Pubblicazione: Lincoln, NB : , : University of Nebraska Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii, 409 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :) : illustrations, maps, portraits
• Disciplina: 973.8/2
• Soggetto topico: Modoc War, 1872-1873
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Prologue: Duel at Lost River -- Holy lands here and there -- Bad to worse -- Stone and story -- Running the pagans out of the promised land -- Death squads, sex slaves, and knights of the frontier -- The peace that wasn't, the treaty that was, kind of -- The bacon of three hundred hogs -- Gray-eyed rancher to the rescue -- True fog, real war -- Glove and fist -- Modoc steak for breakfast -- A look inside -- First fog of war -- Celebration and postmortem -- Firing into a continent -- Give peace a chance -- The news that fits -- Heroic reporter dens with lions -- Talking for peace, lying for war -- The warrior takes command -- Squeeze play -- A homeland to be named later -- Pride and prejudice in the peace tent -- Martyrs at midday -- The war goes cosmic -- Girding for battle -- Half-empty victory -- Scalps and skulls -- Into the volcanic valley of death -- Things fall apart -- The center cannot hold -- Hounds and scouts -- Hang 'em high -- Varnishing vengeance -- Still small voices swell -- Strangled necks, severed heads -- Exile and showbiz -- Requiem -- Epilogue.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Modoc War
• ISBN: 1-4962-0422-0; 1-4962-0424-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910467719303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II