In an exploration of the wars and negotiations that destroyed tribal ways of life even as they made possible the emergence of the modern United States, Peter Cozzens gives us both sides in comprehensive and singularly intimate detail. With the end of the Civil War, the nation recommenced its expansion onto traditional Indian tribal lands, setting off a wide-ranging conflict that would last more than three decades. The Earth Is Weeping is a sweeping, definitive history of the battles and negotiations that destroyed the Indian way of life even as they paved the way for the emergence of the United States we know today."Sets a new standard for Western Indian Wars history." -Stuart Rosebrook, True West Magazine *Winner of the Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History and the 2017 Caroline Bancroft History Prize *Finalist for the Western Writers of America's 2017 Spur Award in Best Western Historical Nonfiction Bringing together a pageant of fascinating characters including Custer, Sherman, Grant, and a host of other military and political figures, as well as great native leaders such as Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, Geronimo, and Red Cloud, The Earth is Weeping- lauded by Booklist as "a beautifully written work of understanding and compassion"-is the fullest account to date of how the West was won.and lost. In dramatically relating bloody and tragic events as varied as Wounded Knee, the Nez Perce War, the Sierra Madre campaign, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn, we encounter a pageant of fascinating characters, including Custer, Sherman, Grant, and a host of officers, soldiers, and Indian agents, as well as great native leaders such as Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, Geronimo, and Red Cloud and the warriors they led. He illuminates the intertribal strife over whether to fight or make peace explores the dreary, squalid lives of frontier soldiers and the imperatives of the Indian warrior culture and describes the ethical quandaries faced by generals who often sympathized with their native enemies. Peter Cozzens gives us both sides in comprehensive and singularly intimate detail.
After the Civil War the Indian Wars would last more than three decades, permanently altering the physical and political landscape of America.
Book excerpt: Bringing together Custer, Sherman, Grant, and other fascinating military and political figures, as well as great native leaders such as Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and Geronimo, this “sweeping work of narrative history” (San Francisco Chronicle) is the fullest account to date of how the West was won-and lost. This book was released on with total page 601 pages. Book Synopsis The Earth Is Weeping by : Peter Cozzensĭownload or read book The Earth Is Weeping written by Peter Cozzens and published by Vintage.
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