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Author:

Lawrence, Deborah.

Title:

Violent encounters : interviews on western massacres / Deborah and Jon Lawrence.

Publisher:

University of Oklahoma Press,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

xiii, 258 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Indians of North America--Wars--West (U.S.)
Indians of North America--History--West (U.S.)--History--19th century.
Massacres--West (U.S.)--History--19th century.
Indians of North America--Interviews.
United States--History--History--19th century.

Other Authors:

Lawrence, Jon, 1945-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The McComas Massacre : an interview with Marc Simmons -- The captivity and return of Olive Oatman : an interview with Margot Mifflin -- The Mountain Meadows Massacre : an interview with Will Bagley -- The Camp Grant Massacre : an interview with Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh -- Indians, emigrants, and the Army on the overland trails : an interview with Michael Tate -- Destruction and survival of the California Indians : an interview with Albert Hurtado -- The Sioux Wars : an interview with Robert Utley -- The Cheyenne Wars : an interview with Jerome A. Greene -- Violence over the Great Basin : an interview with Ned Blackhawk.

ISBN:

0806141263 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780806141268 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)676727064

LCCN:

2010044188

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)