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Mar 16, 2005 · He has authored Civil War in the Southwest Borderlands, 1861-1867; The Civil War in Arizona; The Story of the California Volunteers, and co-authored three other books with David F. Halaas, Cheyenne Dog Soldiers: a Ledgerbook History of Coups and Combat; Halfbreed: The Remarkable True Story of George Bent; and Dan Rooney: My 75 Years with the Pittsburgh Steelers and the NFL.
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- Adam Kane, David Fridtjof Halaas, Andrew E. Masich
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Halfbreed: The Remarkable True Story Of George Bent - Caught Between The Worlds Of The Indian And The White Man: Halaas, David F., Masich, Andrew E.: 9780306813207: Books - Amazon.ca
In 1843, trader William Bent's marriage to one of his three Cheyenne wives, Owl Woman, produced a son who would lead a remarkable life. Born half-white and half-Indian, George Bent grew up on the pains of southeastern Colorado, was educated in white schools, fought briefly for the Confederacy, survived the Sand Creek massacre, negotiated the Medicine Lodge treaty, and aided the Cheyennes with ...
The uncommon life of George Bent-"halfbreed"-spanned one of the most eventful epochs in American history. Caught uneasily between two cultures in constant conflict, it is a life mirrored in the fictional character Jack Crabb in Thomas Berger's classic novel Little Big Man. Born in 1843 to the prominent white trader Colonel William Bent and his Indian wife, Owl Woman, George Bent was raised as ...
Jan 7, 2004 · This book was purchased by my dear friend, Eileen, as part of the genealogy research into my family's history. Turns out the Owl Woman that is my great, great, great grandmother is not the mother of George Bent, the Cheyenne Halfbreed about whom this book is written. The book is a fascinating and sobering look at the lives of the Plains Indians.
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This is the story of the amazing and uncommon life of George Bent-a "halfbreed" born to a prominent white trader and his Indian wife-whose lifetime spanned one of the most exciting epochs in our nation's history.
Halfbreed: The Remarkable True Story of George Bent - Caught Between the Worlds of the Indian and the White Man Book review of: Halfbreed: The Remarkable True Story of George Bent by David Fridtjof Halaas and Andrew E. Masich.
