{"product_id":"the-modoc-war-9781496224910","title":"The Modoc War","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert Aquinas McNally tells the wrenching story of the Modoc War of 1872–73, fought in south-central Oregon and northeastern California, this was one of the nation’s most dramatic conflicts against North American Indigenous peoples. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Modoc War\u003c\/i\u003e is a devastating history of defiant indigenous resistance during the Gilded Age of the nineteenth century. McNally's fast-paced, blow-by-blow account chronicles the daring actions of Modoc freedom fighters, treacherous U.S. soldiers, genocidal American settlers, and hubristic military leaders that scarred the West during the \"Indian Wars\" of the post–Civil War era. But this is more than simply a long-overdue accounting of broken treaties, broken promises, and tragic removal in California. McNally also shines a mirror at us, demanding a reckoning for the demographic and cultural genocide that occurred in the Klamath Basin and across the American West.\"—Natale A. Zappia, \u003ci\u003eCalifornia History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"McNally provides a brutally frank and damningly well-documented account of the war's sordid background.\"—Bradley A. Scott, \u003ci\u003eForeword Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"General readers and scholars interested in an excellent, detailed narrative history of the Modoc War will be well served by McNally's work.\"—Brendan Lindsay, \u003ci\u003eWestern Historical Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"McNally is a strong storyteller with a conversational style and an eye for telling details. . . . This honest accounting of the cruelty, corruption, and savagery of the settlers—who believed their actions were smiled upon by God—takes a step forward in correcting a sanitized and muffled history.\"—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Robert McNally's fresh perspective on the Modoc War will engage and inform both scholars and interested general readers.\"—Dwight S. Mears, \u003ci\u003eMichigan War Studies Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The Modoc War was as much a media narrative as it was a historical event. What made and continues to make the Modoc War compelling in this sense is that it was among the first such narratives to be reported in real time through the then-novel technology of the telegraph, photography, and mass-produced newspapers—presaging much of our media landscape today.\"—Mark Axel Tveskov, \u003ci\u003eOregon Historical Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"McNally's \u003ci\u003eThe Modoc War\u003c\/i\u003e uses the power of hindsight to characterize historical subjects in thematic fashion, revealing deeper motivations behind the heartrending war in the Lava Beds.\"—Ishmael Elias, \u003ci\u003eNews from Native California\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"McNally provides an excellent background to the events leading to the war. . . . This is a sad tale of stereotyping Indians as savages; bureaucratic insensitivity; and Indian resistance to injustice, well told in a compelling narrative.\"—Abraham Hoffman, \u003ci\u003eRoundup Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This volume provides the historical and cultural context of the Modoc war in great detail.\"—Steven C. Haack, \u003ci\u003eJournal of America's Military Past\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Robert Aquinas McNally's storytelling talent is on full display in this history of the Modoc War, a violent conflict on the Oregon-California border in 1872–1873. . . . [\u003ci\u003eThe Modoc War\u003c\/i\u003e deserves] a prominent place in the literature on frontier Indian wars and exemplifies a well-researched, engaging narrative technique.\"—William S. Kiser, \u003ci\u003eJournal of American History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Prologue: Duel at Lost River\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part 1. Holy Lands Here and There\u003cbr\u003e 1. Bad to Worse\u003cbr\u003e 2. Stone and Story\u003cbr\u003e 3. Running the Pagans Out of the Promised Land\u003cbr\u003e 4. Death Squads, Sex Slaves, and Knights of the Frontier\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Peace That Wasn’t, the Treaty That Was, Kind Of\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Bacon of Three Hundred Hogs\u003cbr\u003e 7. Gray-Eyed Rancher to the Rescue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part 2. True Fog, Real War\u003cbr\u003e 8. Glove and Fist\u003cbr\u003e 9. Modoc Steak for Breakfast\u003cbr\u003e 10. A Look Inside\u003cbr\u003e 11. First Fog of War\u003cbr\u003e 12. Celebration and Postmortem\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part 3. Firing into a Continent\u003cbr\u003e 13. Give Peace a Chance\u003cbr\u003e 14. The News That Fits\u003cbr\u003e 15. Heroic Reporter Dens with Lions\u003cbr\u003e 16. Talking for Peace, Lying for War\u003cbr\u003e 17. The Warrior Takes Command\u003cbr\u003e 18. Squeeze Play\u003cbr\u003e 19. A Homeland to Be Named Later\u003cbr\u003e 20. Pride and Prejudice in the Peace Tent\u003cbr\u003e 21. Martyrs at Midday\u003cbr\u003e 22. The War Goes Cosmic\u003cbr\u003e 23. Girding for Battle\u003cbr\u003e 24. Half-Empty Victory\u003cbr\u003e 25. Scalps and Skulls\u003cbr\u003e 26. Into the Volcanic Valley of Death\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part 4. Things Fall Apart\u003cbr\u003e 27. The Center Cannot Hold\u003cbr\u003e 28. Hounds and Scouts\u003cbr\u003e 29. Hang ’em High\u003cbr\u003e 30. Varnishing Vengeance\u003cbr\u003e 31. Still Small Voices Swell\u003cbr\u003e 32. Strangled Necks, Severed Heads\u003cbr\u003e 33. Exile and Showbiz\u003cbr\u003e 34. Requiem\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409234370903,"sku":"9781496224910","price":18.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781496224910.jpg?v=1730506075","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-modoc-war-9781496224910","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}