Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different
Marks, Paula Mitchell
by In a Barren Land: American Indian Dispossession and Survival
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0688141439
- ISBN 13
- 9780688141431
- Seller
-
San Francisco, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York. 1998. Morrow. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0688141439. 451 pages. hardcover. keywords: American Indian History America. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Marks dramatically illustrates how, across the nation and over the course of nearly four centuries, America's original inhabitants were stripped of both their land and their way of life by a series of broken promises and bloody persecutions. Here, of course, are such well-known events as the Battle of Little Big Horn, the Trail of Tears, and the massacre at Wounded Knee. And here, too, are such equally well-known personalities as Chief Joseph, Geronimo, Cochise, and Andrew Jackson, a president whose perfidies to the Indians still retain the power to shock and dismay. But also recounted are such comparable but less famous episodes as the Navajos' Long Walk of removal from their homelands in the last half of the nineteenth century, the fervent Snake Indian resistance to the allotting of Indian lands early in this century, and the disastrous effects of government dam projects on Indian communities in the 1950s, as well as a discussion of the benefits and draw-backs of legalized gambling on Indian reservations in the past decade. Among the forgotten figures the book brings to life are William McIntosh, who sold the land out from under his fellow Creeks and was subsequently executed by them; John Ross, who led the Cherokee nation throughout its removal and reconstruction, only to see it split apart by the Civil War; and the Oglala Sioux warrior Red Cloud, who forced the U.S. government to abandon its Bozeman Trail forts within his tribe's territory. inventory #25119 ISBN: 0688141439.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Zeno's (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25119
- Title
- Marks, Paula Mitchell
- Author
- In a Barren Land: American Indian Dispossession and Survival
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0688141439
- ISBN 13
- 9780688141431
- Publisher
- William Morrow
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 1998
Terms of Sale
Zeno's
All items subject to prior sale. Payment in U.S. dollars must accompany order. Payment methods accepted- Paypal or check. Any item may be returned for whatever reason within 10 days of receipt. California residents add 9.5 % sales tax. California dealers please include resale card and number in lieu of tax.
About the Seller
Zeno's
Biblio member since 2004
San Francisco, California
About Zeno's
Zenosbooks.com is a secondhand and out-of-print Internet bookstore. While our stock is general, we specialize in Literature, Mysteries, Latin American Literature, African-American interest, and Translated Literature.