Bibliograph

The Modoc War, a story of genocide at the dawn of America's Gilded Age, Robert Aquinas McNally

Type

Label

The Modoc War, a story of genocide at the dawn of America's Gilded Age, Robert Aquinas McNally

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-396) and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrationsportraitsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Modoc War

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

983442241

Responsibility statement

Robert Aquinas McNally

Sub title

a story of genocide at the dawn of America's Gilded Age

Table Of Contents

Prologue: Duel at Lost River -- Holy lands here and there -- Bad to worse -- Stone and story -- Running the pagans out of the promised land -- Death squads, sex slaves, and knights of the frontier -- The peace that wasn't, the treaty that was, kind of -- The bacon of three hundred hogs -- Gray-eyed rancher to the rescue -- True fog, real war -- Glove and fist -- Modoc steak for breakfast -- A look inside -- First fog of war -- Celebration and postmortem -- Firing into a continent -- Give peace a chance -- The news that fits -- Heroic reporter dens with lions -- Talking for peace, lying for war -- The warrior takes command -- Squeeze play -- A homeland to be named later -- Pride and prejudice in the peace tent -- Martyrs at midday -- The war goes cosmic -- Girding for battle -- Half-empty victory -- Scalps and skulls -- Into the volcanic valley of death -- Things fall apart -- The center cannot hold -- Hounds and scouts -- Hang 'em high -- Varnishing vengeance -- Still small voices swell -- Strangled necks, severed heads -- Exile and showbiz -- Requiem -- Epilogue

Classification