Oh What A Slaughter
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Oh What A Slaughter
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Author : Larry McMurtry
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2010-06-01
Oh What A Slaughter written by Larry McMurtry and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-01 with History categories.
A brilliant and riveting history of the famous and infamous massacres that marked the settling of the American West in the nineteenth century. In Oh What a Slaughter, Larry McMurtry has written a unique, brilliant, and searing history of the bloody massacres that marked—and marred—the settling of the American West in the nineteenth century, and which still provoke immense controversy today. Here are the true stories of the West's most terrible massacres—Sacramento River, Mountain Meadows, Sand Creek, Marias River, Camp Grant, and Wounded Knee, among others. These massacres involved Americans killing Indians, but also Indians killing Americans, and, in the case of the hugely controversial Mountain Meadows Massacre in 1857, Mormons slaughtering a party of American settlers, including women and children. McMurtry's evocative descriptions of these events recall their full horror, and the deep, constant apprehension and dread endured by both pioneers and Indians. By modern standards the death tolls were often small—Custer's famous defeat at Little Big Horn in 1876 was the only encounter to involve more than two hundred dead—yet in the thinly populated West of that time, the violent extinction of a hundred people had a colossal impact on all sides. Though the perpetrators often went unpunished, many guilty and traumatized men felt compelled to tell and retell the horrors they had committed. From letters and diaries, McMurtry has created a moving and swiftly paced narrative, as memorable in its way as such classics as Evan S. Connell's Son of the Morning Star and Dee Brown's Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. In Larry McMurtry's own words: "I have visited all but one of these famous massacre sites—the Sacramento River massacre of 1846 is so forgotten that its site near the northern California village of Vina can only be approximated. It is no surprise to report that none of the sites are exactly pleasant places to be, though the Camp Grant site north of Tucson does have a pretty community college nearby. In general, the taint that followed the terror still lingers and is still powerful enough to affect locals who happen to live nearby. None of the massacres were effectively covered up, though the Sacramento River massacre was overlooked for a very long time. "But the lesson, if it is a lesson, is that blood—in time, and, often, not that much time—will out. In case after case the dead have managed to assert a surprising potency. "The deep, constant apprehension, which neither the pioneers nor the Indians escaped, has, it seems to me, been too seldom factored in by historians of the settlement era, though certainly it saturates the diary-literature of the pioneers, particularly the diary-literature produced by frontier women, who were, of course, the likeliest candidates for rapine and kidnap."
General Farm Legislation
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1937
General Farm Legislation written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture and Forestry and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1937 with Agriculture categories.
Texas John Slaughter
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Author : William W. Johnstone
language : en
Publisher: Pinnacle Books
Release Date : 2017-01-01
Texas John Slaughter written by William W. Johnstone and has been published by Pinnacle Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-01 with Fiction categories.
The legendary sheriff who tamed Tombstone, Arizona, comes to vivid life in this historical Western series debut by the acclaimed authors of Savage Texas. John Horton Slaughter’s life story reads like a history of the American West itself. He’s been a Civil War soldier, a trail driver, a cattleman, and a Texas Ranger. Now Slaughter begins a new chapter—as sheriff of the wildest town in the West. It’s been barely a decade since the notorious gunfight at the O. K. Corral. Rustlers and outlaws still terrorize the land, and the good citizens of Tombstone are at the end of their ropes. Good thing Texas John Slaughter is the toughest lawman west of the Rio Grande. With a backbone of steel to match the iron law of his badge, Texas John is determined to bring peace to this parched desert hell even if it kills him. Which it just might. When word gets out about an untapped vein of silver in the Dragoon Mountains, every man in town heads for the hills. The streets of Tombstone are an easy target for raiders, looters—and one gang of outlaws foolish enough to kidnap Slaughter’s own wife.
A Lamb To The Slaughter
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Author : Colin James
language : en
Publisher: Booktango
Release Date : 2016-06-27
A Lamb To The Slaughter written by Colin James and has been published by Booktango this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-27 with Fiction categories.
"A Lamb to the Slaughter" is a gripping story of love and romance on the eve of war. The story twists and turns through the harrowing events that befall the couple. While it is ostensibly a work of fiction, it is based heavily on fact and the life of a real soldier from the Great war. It is not a read for the faint-hearted as It describes in stark detail the horrors of war and the societal changes it brought about in those desperate times that made every precious moment count.
The Golden Book Of California
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Author : Robert Sibley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1937
The Golden Book Of California written by Robert Sibley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1937 with California categories.
Slaughter In The Ashes
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Author : William W. Johnstone
language : en
Publisher: Pinnacle Books
Release Date : 2009-11-03
Slaughter In The Ashes written by William W. Johnstone and has been published by Pinnacle Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-11-03 with Fiction categories.
Cannibal mutants endanger the future of a post-apocalyptic America in this explosive adventure from a USA Today–bestselling author. After the apocalypse destroyed what was left of America, Rebel leader Ben Raines helped create the Tri-States. But no system is perfect: criminal gangs still roam the land, spreading havoc and violence. The punks, thugs and creeps have had a free hand for too long--especially in untamed Northern Maine, where a secret sect of underground cannibals threatens the new nation's freedom. It's time for them all to meet judge, jury…and executioner. Twenty-third in the long-running series!
A Study And Investigation Of The National Defense Program In Its Relation To Small Business
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Select Committee to Conduct a Study and Survey of the National Defense Program in Its Relation to Small Business of the United States
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1943
A Study And Investigation Of The National Defense Program In Its Relation To Small Business written by United States. Congress. House. Select Committee to Conduct a Study and Survey of the National Defense Program in Its Relation to Small Business of the United States and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1943 with Industries categories.
Small Business In The United States
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee to Study Problems of American Small Business
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1943
Small Business In The United States written by United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee to Study Problems of American Small Business and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1943 with categories.
Guide To U S Foundations Their Trustees Officers And Donors
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
Guide To U S Foundations Their Trustees Officers And Donors written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations categories.
Lamb To The Slaughter
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Author : Dorothy Eden
language : en
Publisher: Open Road Media
Release Date : 2013-07-09
Lamb To The Slaughter written by Dorothy Eden and has been published by Open Road Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-09 with Fiction categories.
DIVDIVIn this page-turning novel of unparalleled romantic suspense by master storyteller Dorothy Eden, a woman disappears and her best friend is plunged into mortal danger /divDIV Alice Ashton arrives in the middle of a fierce downpour to visit a longtime friend. But when she arrives, there’s no sign of Camilla. The cottage’s only occupants are a black magpie who quotes Poe and a yellow cat. And the intruder who just crept out the back door. With no one to turn to, Alice is forced to rely on her former beau, Felix Dodsworth, who left her for Camilla. Then a man called Dundas Hill arrives. Could the widower and single father be the mysterious D in Camilla’s daily calendar? Or is it Dalton Thorpe, with whom Camilla may have eloped? Now Alice is the target, as a cunning killer leads her to her doom./div/div