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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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- Da Capo Press
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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- David F. Halaas, Andrew E. Masich
The massacre at Sand Creek marked a turning point for Bent, who afterward joined the militant Dog Soldiers and participated in open attacks on the U.S. Army. Halaas and Masich provide a compelling account of Col. John Chivington's slaughter of peaceful Cheyennes and Arapahos at Sand Creek, Colorado, in 1864, an event from which Bent barely escaped, though wounded.
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 ...
Adam Kane; Halfbreed: The Remarkable True Story of George Bent—Caught Between the Worlds of the Indian and the White Man, Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 3 We use cookies to enhance your experience on our website.By continuing to use our website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.
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Jan 7, 2004 · What sets this book apart from other western histories is the character of the subject. Bent was simultaneously influential (rich and powerful as a white man because of his father's trading interests, trusted by the Indians because he knew the language and had grown up in their culture) and marginalized because he was an "outsider" to everyone.
