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02569aam a2200361 i 4500 001 538AEBF4C38A11E7B100357297128E48 003 SILO 005 20171107010627 008 170307s2017 nbuabcf b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2017011122 020 $a 1496201795 020 $a 9781496201799 035 $a (OCoLC)983442241 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d IBV $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-ca $a n-us-ca 050 00 $a E83.87 $b .M37 2017 082 00 $a 973.8/2 $2 23 100 1 $a McNally, Robert Aquinas, $e author. 245 14 $a The Modoc War : $b a story of genocide at the dawn of America's Gilded Age / $c Robert Aquinas McNally. 264 1 $a Lincoln : $b University of Nebraska Press, $c [2017] 300 $a xiii, 409 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations, maps, portraits ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-396) and index. 505 0 $a 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. 650 0 $a Modoc War, 1872-1873. 650 0 $a Indians of North America $x Wars $y 1866-1895. 650 0 $a Indians of North America $z Oregon $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Indians of North America $z California $x History $y 19th century. 776 08 $i Online version: $a McNally, Robert Aquinas, author. $t Modoc War $d Lincoln, NB : University of Nebraska Press, [2017] $z 9781496204226 $w (DLC) 2017034893 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20171107014739.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=538AEBF4C38A11E7B100357297128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search