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"Paul Hutton's study of Phil Sheridan in the West is authoritative, readable, and an important contribution to the literature of westward expansion. Although headquartered in Chicago, Sheridan played a crucial role in the opening of the West. His command stretched from the Missouri to the Rockies and from Mexico to Canada, and all the Indian Wars of the Great Plains fell under his direction. Hutton ably narrates and interprets Sheridan's western career from the perspective of the top command rather than the battlefield leader. His book is good history and good reading."--Robert M. Utley, author of "Frontier Regulars: The United States Army and the Indian, 1866-1891"--Robert M. Utley
Philip H. Sheridan's reputation in the Civil War often overshadows his longer and more significant roles as the nation's chief Indian fighter and commander of the army. "Phil Sheridan and His Army" is the first comprehensive biography and study of that later career. Formed by his experience in the Civil War and Reconstruction era, Sheridan came to see himself as the instrument of the United States' social and political destiny to open the West for white settlement and development. Paul Hutton analyzes Sheridan's relations with his subordinates, the institutional nature of his army, his campaigns, the logistics of them, and the special circumstances of defeating, pacifying, relocating, and negotiating with the Indians. At the same time, Gilded Age politics and laissez-faire capitalism shaped the grim future of the Indian--and of Sheridan's beleagured quasi-peacetime army. This definitive, abundantly illustrated history also fills out other sides of General Sheridan, who commanded Chicago after its great fire, quelled its labor riots, launched Buffalo Bill Cody on his career, served as an observed in the Franco-Prussian War, played a key role in the 1876 election crisis, and championed a national park system free from commercial exploitation.
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Librería: Coas Books, Las Cruces, NM, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Acceptable. Item has staining and writing. Dust jacket is worn. Hardcover. Nº de ref. del artículo: 55GSJ1001AHM_ns
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Librería: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 2.1. Nº de ref. del artículo: G0803223293I3N00
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Librería: Callaghan Books South, New Port Richey, FL, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Fair. Very large, very thick sturdy softcover, glossy purple front wrapper with a color portrait of Serhidan at center front, brown spine, white back wrapper, 479 pages including maps, portraits and other illustrations throughout. Slight surface wear to top front and front left edges, very slight wear along long spine right edge.Near Good. Nº de ref. del artículo: 060856
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Librería: Irish Booksellers, Portland, ME, Estados Unidos de America
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Librería: Bookfeathers, LLC, Lewisburg, PA, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: VG-. A heavy item: non-U.S. shipping may require extra fees; please inquire. Ex-lib (with allowance for lib indications, condition is VG/VG-; please see below). Hardcover in burnt-orange jacket with portrait of Sheridan to front, 8vo. xvi + 479pp. Figures, maps. Index, endnotes, bibliography. Lib indications are call label jacket spine, small stamps to page edges, pocket rear free endpaper. Book has clean, sharp cloth; binding strong and square though favors several places throughout; crease lower corners pp.179-182, away from text; pages clean and unmarked. Jacket has scuffing and surface loss along edges and hinges, stronger wear with shallow chips and surface loss at spine ends; central panels clean and strongly colored; touch of scuffing to mid rear panel. Jacket now in non-institutional Brodart. Nº de ref. del artículo: 044115
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Hardcover. Condición: very good. Very Good Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed. Nº de ref. del artículo: think_very_0803223293
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Librería: Inkberry Books, Niwot, CO, Estados Unidos de America
paperback. Condición: Fine. Bookstore location A2; (alk. paper) xvi, 479 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [465]-477) and index. Nº de ref. del artículo: 100264
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Librería: Wizard Books, Long Beach, CA, Estados Unidos de America
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