Murder at the mission : a frontier killing, its legacy of lies, and the taking of the American West / Blaine Harden.
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- ISBN: 9780525561668
- ISBN: 0525561668
- Physical Description: xxxi, 432 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Publisher: [New York] : Viking, [2021]
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-416) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction: The good doctor -- Act one: Kill. "Do nothing to irritate" ; "What a delightful place" ; Cayuses in the kitchen ; "Want of Christian feeling" ; "A thousand little harassing events" ; "Beastly & savage brutalities" -- Act two: Hang. "Priests wet with the blood" ; A proper trial ; Five at once ; "Seeing that they stood alone" -- Act three: Lie. Authentic account ; Collaborate ; Brother Spalding goes to Washington ; The old college life -- Act four: Expose. Skulls, bones, money ; "A defenseless little Western institution" ; Mephistopheles and the original sources ; Lost cause -- Act five: Revive. Predators ; Broke ; White people's money -- Epilogue. |
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East Grand Forks Campbell Library | 979.5 HARDEN (Text) | 520332 | Non-Fiction | Available | - |