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Book SynopsisAfter the defeat of Custer at the Little Big Horn, the US army responded by pouring fresh troops and resources into the war effort. In this study, Paul Hedren examines the war's effects on the culture, environment, and geography of the northern Great Plains, their Native inhabitants, and the Anglo-American invaders.
Trade ReviewIn this original new book, Paul Hedren relates one of the great tales in American history - how the Sioux and Cheyenne, lords of the northern plains, were stripped of their land and confined to reservations. Hedren begins where most historians have ended: at the moment when the shooting stopped. What came next is the meat of
After Custer - establishing military posts, building railroads, killing the buffalo. The story of this conquest, told with a wealth of new detail, is sometimes sad but always dramatic."" - Thomas Powers, author of
The Killing of Crazy Horse""Hedren's chronicle of the transformation of the northern plains in the wake of the Great Sioux War makes for essential reading.
After Custer is at once compelling, moving, and richly rewarding."" - Jerome A. Greene, author of
Beyond Bear's Paw: The Nez Perce Indians in Canada
