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Red Cloud's War

Brave Eagle's Account of the Fetterman Fight

ISBN-13: 9781937786380
Publisher: WISDOM TALES
Imprint: WISDOM TALES
By Paul Goble, Foreword by Robert Lewis
Price: AUD $34.99
Stock: 0 in stock
Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
Local release date: 13/10/2015
Format: Hardback (264.00mm X 209.00mm) 48 pages Weight: 463g
Categories: Historical fiction (Children's / Teenage) [YFT]

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Google Preview: Ages: 6 and up The year was 1866, the Civil War had just ended, and the Bozeman Trail was the shortest route for prospectors to reach the gold rush territory of Montana-except that it passed straight through the lands of the powerful Oglala Lakota! When the US government demanded the construction of forts along the trail, the situation quickly dissolved into war. Captain William Fetterman had proudly boasted that he could destroy the entire Lakota nation with just 80 men. Red Cloud, with the support of Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull, had other ideas. In this commemorative edition, marking the 150th anniversary of Red Cloud's War, master storyteller, Paul Goble, brings to life the thrilling account of the Fetterman Fight, the only instance in US history where the government has gone to war and afterwards negotiated a peace conceding every demand by the enemy and exacting nothing in return; Paul Goble is an award-winning author and illustrator of over 40 children's titles. His book, The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses, won the prestigious Caldecott Medal. Born in England, he has lived in the US since 1977. In 1959, Goble was adopted into the Yakima and Sioux tribes (with the name Wakinyan Chikala, "Little Thunder") by Chief Edgar Red Cloud. Goble has given his entire collection of original illustrations to the South Dakota Art Museum in Brookings, South Dakota, where it is permanently on display. He lives in Rapid City, SD. Robert Lewis is an award-winning storyteller, author, and artist of Cherokee, Navaho, and Apache descent. He works for the Cherokee Nation as a school and community specialist and conducts outreach classes and services in art, culture, and storytelling. He lives in Tahlequah, OK.; The figures of Indians and ponies, cavalry men and foot soldiers are complete in minute detail. Goble is inspired by the work of George Catlin. Catlin would be proud to know that he had such a talented disciple... It is a good book to grow into." New York Times; Google Preview content