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Oh What a Slaughter: Massacres in the American West: 1846--1890

Paperback • 2013 • English

Oh What a Slaughter: Massacres in the American West: 1846--1890

By Larry McMurtry

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About the book

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 Indi...Show more

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ISBN

9781476743882

Publisher

SIMON SCHUSTER

Published year

2013

Language

English

Original title

Oh What a Slaughter: Massacres in the American West: 1846--1890

Format

Paperback

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