As the railroads opened up the <strong>American West</strong> to settlers in the last half ofthe 19th Century the Plains Indians made their final stand and catt... » 

As the railroads opened up the American West to settlers in the last half ofthe 19th Century the Plains Indians made their final stand and cattle ranchesspread from Texas to Montana. Eminent Western author Dee Brown here illuminatesthe struggle between these three groups as they fought for a place in this newlandscape. The result is both a spirited national saga and an authoritativehistorical account of the drive for order in an uncharted wildernessillustrated throughout with maps photographs and ephemera from the period. «