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The heart of everything that is the untold story of Red Cloud, an American legend

The untold story of the great Ogala Sioux chief Red Cloud, the most powerful Indian commander of the Plains who witnessed the opening of the West and forced the American government to sue for peace in a conflict named for him.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Drury, Bob
Other Authors:	Clavin, Thomas
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Simon & Schuster, 2013.
Edition:	First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition
Subjects:	Red Cloud, > 1822-1909. Oglala Indians > Kings and rulers > Biography. Red Cloud's War, 1866-1867. Oglala Indians > Government relations. Oglala Indians > History.
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Summary:	The untold story of the great Ogala Sioux chief Red Cloud, the most powerful Indian commander of the Plains who witnessed the opening of the West and forced the American government to sue for peace in a conflict named for him.
Physical Description:	xii, 414 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (page 369-397) and index.
ISBN:	9781451654660 (hardcover) 1451654669 (hardcover)
Author Notes:	Bob Drury is an American journalist and author who has been nominated for three National Magazine Awards and a Pulitzer Prize. He has reported from Iraq, Afghanistan, Liberia, Bosnia, Northern Ireland, and Darfur. He is also the author, co-author, or editor of nine nonfiction books, including the New York Times bestselling Halsey's Typhoon and Last Men Out. In 2015, his nonfiction book, The Heart of Everything That Is: The Untold Story of Red Cloud, An American Legend, also became a bestseller. (Bowker Author Biography)