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Shadows at Dawn : A Borderlands Massacre and the Violence of History
by Jacoby, Karl
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1594201935
- ISBN 13
- 9781594201936
- Seller
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Garrison, North Dakota, United States
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About This Item
New York: Penguin Press, 2008. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition. A detailed historical account of the 1871 massacre of Apaches supposedly under US Army protection - the Camp Grant Massacre - examining its background and cultural-historical context intersecting Americans, Mexicans, other Indian tribes, and the Apaches themselves, demonstrating the behaviour of the US government and US Army during this period, the attitudes of the time, missionary influences, the impact of the Gadsden Purchase, much more. Hardcover with dust jacket, contains illustrations, glossary, notes, bibliography, indexed, 358pp., remainders mark. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free archival protector. Rare. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
A masterful reconstruction of one of the worst Indian massacres in American history In April 1871, a group of Americans, Mexicans, and Tohono O?odham Indians surrounded an Apache village at dawn and murdered nearly 150 men, women, and children in their sleep. In the past century the attack, which came to be known as the Camp Grant Massacre, has largely faded from memory. Now, drawing on oral histories, contemporary newspaper reports, and the participants? own accounts, prize-winning author Karl Jacoby brings this perplexing incident and tumultuous era to life to paint a sweeping panorama of the American Southwest?a world far more complex, diverse, and morally ambiguous than the traditional portrayals of the Old West.
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- Bookseller
- JB Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00015321
- Title
- Shadows at Dawn : A Borderlands Massacre and the Violence of History
- Author
- Jacoby, Karl
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 1594201935
- ISBN 13
- 9781594201936
- Publisher
- Penguin Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2008
- Keywords
- US HISTORY, CAMP GRANT MASSACRE, APACHE INDIANS, APACHES, NATIVE AMERICANS, AMERINDIANS, AMERINDS, MEXICO, MEXICANS, MISSIONARIES, GENERAL MILITARY, ARMY, PRESIDENT ULYSSES S. GRANT, TOHONO O'ODHAM INDIANS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Us History; General Military;
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Garrison, North Dakota
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