Annie Heloise Abel describes the 1862 Battle of Pea Ridge; a bloody disaster for the Confederates but a glorious moment for Colonel Stand Watie and his Cherokee Mounted Rifles. The Indians were soon enough swept by the war into a vortex of confusion and chaos. Abel makes clear that their participation in the conflict brought only devastation to Indian Territory. Born in England and educated in Kansas; Annie Heloise Abel (1873–1947) was a historical editor and writer of books dealing mainly with the trans-Mississippi West. They include The American Indian as Slaveholder and Secessionist (1915); also reprinted as a Bison Book. Abel's distinguished career is noted in an introduction by Theda Perdue; the author of Slavery and the Evolution of Cherokee Society (1979); and Michael D. Green; whose Politics of Indian Removal: Creek Government and Society in Crisis (1982) was published by the University of Nebraska Press.
#988498 in Books Bison Books 2009-05-01Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.40 x 1.20 x 5.40l; 1.35 #File Name: 0803225245536 pages
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Great readBy A. McGeeI read this book in hardback from the library years ago. I picked it up and was sure I would never finish it. I was so pleasantly surprised! I found the book so interesting I knew one day I would buy it for my personal library. I really enjoyed learning more about the interaction between the different groups and I felt that this was a bit of a niche in America's history that I really had little knowledge of. I look forward to reading it again one day.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Excellent!By Janice MitchellBeautiful book in perfect condition.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Great book. well writtenBy CustomerGreat book . well written. Put additional light to the Lewis Clark story and the early fur trade in general. It added a lot to the geographical information of the trappers domain west of the Mississippi
