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Title: Halfbreed: The Remarkable True Story of George Bent-Caught Between the Worlds of the Indian and the White Man by David Fridtjof Halaas, Andrew E. Masich ISBN: 0-306-81320-3 Publisher: DaCapo Press Pub. Date: 06 January, 2004 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Halfbreed is history at its best
Comment: The story of George Bent is riveting. Halfbreed is history at its best. It is exceptionally well written and, at the same time, superbly researched and footnoted. Many historians and writers have incorporated bits and pieces of the Bent story into their work, but Halfbreed is the first attempt to tell the whole story. Halaas and Masich have pieced together a rich tapestry as Bent's life weaves in and out of Indian and white worlds. Following the Sand Creek massacre of 1864 Bent chose the Cheyenne path, in war and peace, until his death in 1918.
I recommend Halfbreed for everyone interested in the American West, the Civil War, Indian culture, and great storytelling.
P.S. I'm not sure if it's still in print, but these are the same authors who wrote Cheyenne Dog Soldiers--now the standard source on that subject.
Rating: 5
Summary: Halfbreed has it all
Comment: Halfbreed reads like fiction, but this story is for real: George Bent is born (1843) in a Cheyenne tipi near Bent's Fort on the Santa Fe Trail during the heyday of the fur trade. His mother is a Cheyenne princess and his father the king of the mountain men. He is sent off to St. Louis to be educated in white schools and suffers the indignities of a mixed blood in a white world. Still he fights for the Rebels during the Civil War, is caught up in the Sand Creek Massacre, and then rides with the Cheyenne Dog Soldiers as they fight the US Army to a standstill on the high plains in 1865.
The authors discovered hundreds of letters, written by Bent between 1864 and 1918, providing amazing and intimate details of love, war, and the Cheyenne struggle for survival. Bent knows everyone who's anyone in the American West-Custer, Buffalo Bill, Kit Carson, Red Cloud, Tall Bull, and Black Kettle. Caught between white and Indian worlds at a pivotal time in history-Bent's story is one of adaptation, courage, survival, and, in the end, triumph. He saves the history of the Cheyenne people.
I'm not usually a footnote fancier, but some of the tidbits buried in the notes are even juicier than the narrative. This is great history--very readable. Highly recommended.
Rating: 5
Summary: Highly recommended
Comment: I love history but most history books are too academic. This book was like reading a story. I learned so much about the Cheyenne people and their relationship with other Indian societies and the white culture. This book is a must read for anyone. I actually couldn't put it down.
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Title: Washita: The U.S. Army and the Southern Cheyennes, 1867-1869 by Jerome A. Greene ISBN: 0806135514 Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: March, 2004 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Morning Star Dawn: The Powder River Expedition and the Northern Cheyennes, 1876 by Jerome A. Greene ISBN: 0806135484 Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: Encyclopedia of Indian Wars: Western Battles and Skirmishes 1850-1890 by Gregory F. Michno ISBN: 0878424687 Publisher: Mountain Press Publishing Company Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $28.00 |
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Title: Circle of Fire: The Indian War of 1865 by John D. McDermott ISBN: 0811700615 Publisher: Stackpole Books Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: We Trailed the Sioux: Enlisted Men Speak on Custer, Crook, and the Great Sioux War by Paul L. Hedren ISBN: 0811700623 Publisher: Stackpole Books Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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