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On October 3, 1873, the US Army hanged four Modoc headmen at Oregon's Fort Klamath. The condemned had supposedly murdered the only US Army general to die during the Indian wars of the nineteenth century. Their execution marked the end of the Modoc War of 1872-73. But as Boyd Cothran demonstrates, the conflict's close marked the beginning of a new struggle over the memory of the war.

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An original and important study of the long-term impact of one of the frontier wars in the American West.--Journal of American History

|For Cothran, reconsidering the Modoc War means more than setting the record straight. His historical work actively deconstructs contemporary narratives of American innocence and the ways they use history.--American Quarterly

|A nuanced, well-researched, sharply-argued, far-reaching cultural history of Gilded Age settler colonialism in the American West.--Native American and Indigenous Studies

|[A] fascinating examination. . . . Succeeds in returning the conflict to a central place in the history of western settlement.--Pacific Northwest Quarterly

Remembering the Modoc War Redemptive Violence and the Making of American Innocence

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      Publisher: MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 2/28/2017 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781469633343, 978-1469633343
      ISBN10: 1469633345

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      On October 3, 1873, the US Army hanged four Modoc headmen at Oregon's Fort Klamath. The condemned had supposedly murdered the only US Army general to die during the Indian wars of the nineteenth century. Their execution marked the end of the Modoc War of 1872-73. But as Boyd Cothran demonstrates, the conflict's close marked the beginning of a new struggle over the memory of the war.

      Trade Review
      An original and important study of the long-term impact of one of the frontier wars in the American West.--Journal of American History

      |For Cothran, reconsidering the Modoc War means more than setting the record straight. His historical work actively deconstructs contemporary narratives of American innocence and the ways they use history.--American Quarterly

      |A nuanced, well-researched, sharply-argued, far-reaching cultural history of Gilded Age settler colonialism in the American West.--Native American and Indigenous Studies

      |[A] fascinating examination. . . . Succeeds in returning the conflict to a central place in the history of western settlement.--Pacific Northwest Quarterly

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