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Some of the most
savage war in world history was waged on the American Plains
from 1865 to 1879. As settlers moved west following the Civil
War, they found powerful Indian tribes barring the way. When
the U.S. Army intervened, a bloody and prolonged conflict
ensued.
Drawing heavily
from diaries, letters, and memoirs from American Plains settlers,
historian Thomas Goodrich weaves a spellbinding tale of life
and death on the prairie, told in the timeless words of the
participants themselves. Scalp Dance is a powerful,
unforgettable epic that shatters modern myths. Within its
pages, the reader will find a truthful account of Indian warfare
as it occurred.
Thomas Goodrich is a professional writer whose focus
is the American West. He is a native Kansan and lives near
Topeka. He is also author of The Day Dixie Died: The Occupied
South, 1864-1866, War to the Knife: Bleeding Kansas,
1854-1861, and co-author of Bloody Bill Anderson: The
Short, Savage Life of a Civil War Guerilla.
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