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Ned Wynkoop and the lonely road from Sand Creek / by Louis Kraft.
- Title
- Ned Wynkoop and the lonely road from Sand Creek / by Louis Kraft.
- Author
- Kraft, Louis, 1947-
- Publication
- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, c2011.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | F780.W96 K73 2011 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xviii, 334 p. : ill., maps; 25 cm.
- Summary
- "When Edward W. Wynkoop arrived in Colorado Territory during the 1858 gold rush, he was one of many ambitious newcomers seeking wealth in a promising land mostly inhabited by American Indians ... Wynkoop's life drastically changed after he joined the First Colorado Volunteers to fight for the Union during the Civil War. This ... biography centers on his subsequent efforts to prevent war with Indians during the volatile 1860s"--Jacket.
- Subjects
- Biographies
- History
- To 1876
- Sand Creek Massacre > (Colorado : > 1864)
- American Civil War > (United States : > 1861-1865)
- Sand Creek Massacre, Colo., 1864
- Colorado > History > Civil War, 1861-1865
- Colorado > History > To 1876
- Indian agents > Colorado > Biography
- Pioneers > Colorado > Biography
- Wynkoop, Edward Wanshear, 1836-1891
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Prologue: Formative years -- Gone a-westering -- To civilization and back -- The streets of Denver -- A bad man from Kansas -- Civil War -- The winds of change -- Prelude to infamy -- Wynkoop's gamble -- Perfidy -- A people divided -- Walking between the races -- Hancock's War -- Hope and discontent -- A matter of conscience -- Epilogue.
- ISBN
- 9780806142265 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 080614226X (hardcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2011016101
- OCLC
- 714723294
- SCSB-10874503
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library