Dee Alexander Brown

Presents portraits of the outstanding women who helped settle the Western frontier.

Brown's meticulously documented account of the systematic destruction of the American Indian during the second half of the nineteenth century. This edition includes illustrations, essays, and excerpts from firsthand accounts and memoirs, that add depth and reflection to this momentous work.

Ben Butterfield, ex-circus performer, looks back on his past, recalling the adventures he had in 1862 while attempting to help his friend Johnny Hawkes deliver two camels, confiscated as spoils of war, to the Indiana farm of a Yankee officer.

The destruction of the American Indian culture by white men as seen through the experiences of Creek Mary and her 2 sons.

Traces the white man's conquest of the Indians of the American West, emphasizing the causes, events, and effects of the major Indian Wars leading to the symbolic end of Indian freedom at Wounded Knee.