Thieves' road the Black Hills betrayal and Custer's path to Little Bighorn

Thieves' road : the Black Hills betrayal and Custer's path to Little Bighorn / Terry Mort.

Author/creator	Mort, T. A. (Terry A.)
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2015.
Description	336 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876--Travel --Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.) Indians of North America--Wars --1866-1895. Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.)--Discovery and exploration. Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.)--Gold discoveries. Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.)--History --19th century.

Contents	War, taxes, debt, and the resultant lure of gold -- Gold in Montana, disaster in Wyoming -- The adversaries -- The Gilded Age -- Politics, philanthropy, and corruption -- The Northern Pacific Railroad -- Custer agonistes -- The Yellowstone Expedition -- The Yellowstone battles -- Anatomy of a crash -- Build-up -- Soldiers, scouts and scientists -- Alkali and comets, grass and stars -- In the moon of black cherries -- Homeward bound -- Invasion.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-324) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2014035457
ISBN	9781616149604 (hardcover)

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