Cheyenne Indians

*Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award* *A New York Times Notable Book* *Winner of the Texas Book Award and the Oklahoma Book Award* This New York Times bestseller and stunning historical account of the forty-year battle between Comanche Indians and white...

One of the most famous Native American tribes on the Great Plains is the Cheyenne, and their fame may be surpassed only by their influence on American history. The Cheyenne shifted from a sedentary agricultural society to the kind of nomadic group many envision when thinking of groups on the Plains. Land disputes and conflicts with white settlers and the Cheyenne set in motion the chain of events that led to the most famous battle among Native Americans and the American government: the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

A dramatic new look at Custer's Last Stand in time for the 150th anniversary of the Battle of the Little Bighorn, by the #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Heart of Everything That Is. On June 25–27, 1876, the Battle of the Little Bighorn, commonly referred to as Custer's Last Stand...

Yale-educated Thomas McCabe accepts a position with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and is soon sent to live among a nomadic tribe in the wilds of Missouri. After saving the life of a young brave, Thomas is grudgingly accepted by the Cheyenne-until he falls hopelessly in love with the beautiful...

Johanna Wistfeld felt out of place most of her life. Moved to the new country, then farther west, she lost so much of her family that she was all but alone. However, the Shoshone owned the very land her brother claimed. Joey lost him, soon enough, and was now at loose ends, right in the middle between four vicious tribes, all enemies of one another, and deadly enemies to the palefaces. But she had a secret. Once it was out, spread among the so-called savages, she knew her calling. She could not save everybody, but she could surely try. Tilting at windmills is a common theme, though the book...

This remarkable book synthesizes a lifetime of in-depth research into one of America's most storied disasters, the defeat of Custer's 7th Cavalry at the hands of the Sioux and Cheyenne Indians, as well as the complete annihilation of that part of the cavalry led by Custer himself. The author, Gordon Harper, spent countless hours on the battlefield itself as well as researching every iota of evidence of the fight from both sides, white and Indian. He was, thus, able to recreate every step of the battle as authoritatively as anyone could, dispelling myths and falsehoods along the way.

"[Narrator Laura Hicks] captures the compelling emotions of these desperate women as they escape their former lives of hardship and dare to dream of a freedom they haven't yet known." — Booklist, starred review The stunning sequel to Jim Fergus' award-winning One Thousand White Women. 9 March...

Set in 1864 Colorado Territory, based on the actual events that led up to the infamous massacre of peaceable Cheyennes and Arapahoes. At the height of frontier expansion, Joshua Frasier comes West as a missionary to the Cheyenne Indians. He marries into the tribe and then is recruited as chaplain in the Colorado militia to fight on the edges of the Civil War and to deal with the 'Indian problem.' Caught up in the military and political conflicts of frontier Colorado, Joshua's faith and mettle are tested severely. John Buzzard's well-crafted story weaves both historical and fictional ...

In the autumn of 1878, a band of Cheyenne Indians set out from Indian Territory, where they had been sent by the US government, to return to their homeland in Yellowstone country. Mari Sandoz tells the saga of their heartbreaking fifteen-hundred-mile flight.

A necessary, reassuring guide for all sexual assault survivors in need of immediate emotional and legal support post assault, and in the months and years after. We Are the Evidence is the first comprehensive resource for survivors of sexual assault. Written with conviction and compassion by...

This acclaimed New York Times bestselling biography of the legendary Sioux warrior Red Cloud, is “a page-turner with remarkable immediacy…and the narrative sweep of a great Western” (The Boston Globe). Red Cloud was the only American Indian in history to defeat the United States Army in a...

The bestselling author of Valiant Ambition and In the Hurricane's Eye sheds new light on one of the iconic stories of the American West Little Bighorn and Custer are names synonymous in the American imagination with unmatched bravery and spectacular defeat. Mythologized as Custer's Last Stand...

Introducing Wyoming's Sheriff Walt Longmire in this riveting novel from the New York Times best-selling author of Dry Bones, the first in the Longmire series, the basis for the hit Netflix original series Longmire. Johnson draws on his deep attachment to the American West to produce a literary mystery of stunning authenticity, full of memorable characters.

Strongheart is the final installment to the One Thousand White Women trilogy, a novel about fierce women who are full of heart and the power to survive. In 1873, a Cheyenne chief offers President Grant the opportunity to exchange one thousand horses for one thousand white women, in order to...

Ten years ago, the legendary mountain man Preacher taught a violent lesson to eastern bad man Ezra Pease when he ran the outlaw out of town. But Pease and his trail-scum are back - shooting up the Big Empty to nail Preacher’s hide to a tree. Preacher’s riding to teach Pease one final deadly lesson. But he may be too late - because Pease’s vicious dealings have fired up an all-out Indian War. Now, with hard-riding death on both sides, Preacher, along with his old friends Beartooth, Dupre and Nighthawk, are heading straight into lead-flying scalp-smashing hell!

The Civil War has ended, and times are hard in Tennessee for their family, consisting of their Mother two Sisters and two other Brothers. . Their father has been killed in the war, therefore Ethan and Jack McCoy, who are identical twins, leave Tennessee and go West to find wealth and land, to start and cattle and horse ranch for there family. They find wealth and land in the Colorado Territory, though there is many hardships but they prevail.

“There are eight of them!” Luke called out. Wesley drove the horses hard. They crashed through a wide, shallow riverbed and continued on the other side. Suddenly, Wesley pulled the wagon to an abrupt stop and jumped to the ground. “Get down from there!” He ordered. “We can’t outrun them. We’ll have to fight them off.” Luke grabbed hold of the woman and dragged her down from the wagon behind him, pulling her toward a cluster of nearby trees. Wesley started off through the woods ahead of them. “Where the hell are you going?” Luke called after him. “Around the other side ...

United States Marshall Glenn Wolf rides into the town of Silver Lake, in the High Sierras Mountains in California, finding murder, rustling of cattle on the Bar-C Ranch and extortion by the Town Marshall. While trying to solve these various crimes he meets Jessie Franklin owner on the Lake View Cafe and owner of the Bar-C Ranch and romance develops. Glenn who is the son of Cheyenne Indian Chief Grey Wolf, is trying to make his way in the White Mans World. while still retaining his ties to his Indian family.

La historia de John White Hawk es un relato fascinante de aventura, dificultades y resiliencia ambientado en el Oeste americano en 1867. La narrativa comienza con la familia de John dejando su hogar en El Dorado, Arkansas, para buscar una nueva vida en Oregón, al que su padre llama la "tierra prometida". Viajan en un moderno carro cubierto, tirado por seis mulas, y se unen a una caravana en St. Joseph, Missouri, liderada por el severo y experimentado Capitán Peterson. El viaje es largo y arduo, lleno de días monótonos y el rítmico traqueteo de las ruedas del carro. En el camino, se ...

Time rips violently, flinging two young teens, David Sorenson and White Eagle, into alien eras of peril and mystery. In this hair-raising sequel to A Twist in Time, winner of the 2024 High Plains Book Award for young-adult fiction, nineteen-year-old Emily braves the enchanting caverns to try to save her brother, from a temporal trap. Meanwhile, Madison Clark, certain that another time swap with Emily is impossible, ventures into the caverns with her friends—only to be proven wrong. Now, all four teens are scattered across centuries, from colonial wilderness with frontier conflicts, to ...