Peter Cozzens is the author or editor of sixteen acclaimed books on the American Civil War and the Indian Wars of the American West, and a member of the Advisory Council of the Lincoln Prize. In 2002 he was awarded the American Foreign Service Association's highest honour, the William R. Rivkin Award, given annually to one Foreign Service Officer for exemplary moral courage, integrity and creative dissent.
Extraordinary... Cozzens has stripped the myth from these stories,
but he is such a superb writer that what remains is exquisite. Few
writers possess the descriptive talent that the immensity of the
American west demands.
*The Times*
Cozzens does an exceptional job of examining the viewpoints of both
sides, making heavy use of previously untapped primary sources...
This is a timely and thorough book, presenting the story without
hyperbole or histrionics of this controversial chapter in American
history, providing an excellent one-volume history of America's
actual longest and most tragic war.
*New York Journal of Books*
A detailed recounting of random carnage, bodies burned, treaties
broken and treachery let loose across the land... Cozzens admirably
succeeds in framing the Indian Wars with acute historical
accuracy
*New York Times Book Review*
Treachery on such an epic scale can bear many retellings, and this
account stands out for its impressive detail and scope.
*Washington Post*
Magnificent... This is a beautifully written work of understanding
and compassion that will be a treasure for both general readers and
specialists.
*Booklist (Starred review)*
Peter Cozzens, one of our finest working historians, has taken on a
massive chunk of Native American history and delivered it with
power, style, and insight. He is above all a great storyteller. I
have never read better, more concise, or more entertaining versions
of the Little Bighorn story, Geronimo's wild run to glory, the Ute
War, or Captain Jack's rebellion in the northwest. There is much
wisdom here, and much good writing.
*S.C. Gwynne, author of EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON*
I've been waiting for an up-to-date, objective, and well-researched
book on the Indian Wars, and Peter Cozzens' The Earth Is Weeping is
all that and more - an elegantly written narrative of one of the
great sagas in American history, and better than Bury My Heart at
Wounded Knee.
*James Donovan, author of A TERRIBLE GLORY*
Peter Cozzens reminds us that tragedy, not melodrama, best
characterizes the struggles for the American West...The Earth Is
Weeping is the most lucid and reliable history of the Indian Wars
in recent memory.
*Victor Davis Hanson, author of CARNAGE AND CULTURE*
In sobering detail, Peter Cozzens has chronicled this dark chapter
in our history.
*James M. McPherson, author of BATTLE CRY OF FREEDOM*
For 25 years the United States Army and the native peoples of the
West struggled for their destiny, and the region's, an oft-told
story more tragic with each retelling. Peter Cozzens' The Earth is
Weeping provides all that, and adds a missing perspective on the
lives of ordinary people on both sides.
*William C. Davis, author of THREE ROADS TO THE ALAMO*
Peter Cozzens's sweeping, expert and appalling account of the
murder of America's Indians.
*Spectator*
Peter Cozzens is an erudite storyteller and meticulous in his
approach to documenting the west
*BBC History Magazine*
No one knows more about this period than Peter Cozzens... The Earth
is Weeping demands to be read
*Glasgow Sunday Herald*
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