About the Author

Robert M. Utley is a retired National Park Service official who is the author of fifteen books on Western history.

Reviews

"History as lively and gripping as good fiction." Christian Science Monitor; "One of the finest books on the Indian wars of the West." Montana; "A well-told, easily read account that will be the standard reference for this phase of the Indian 'problem'." American Historical Review; "A major job... magnificently researched." San Francisco Chronicle; "By far the best treatment of the complex and controversial relationship between the Sioux and their conquerors yet presented and should be must reading for serious students of Western Americana." St. Louis Dispatch"