University Of Oklahoma Press: 604 books
Pipestone: My Life in an Indian Boarding School
My Life in an Indian Boarding School
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2011
A renowned activist recalls his childhood years in an Indian boarding school
Best known as a leader of the Indian takeover of Alcatraz Island in 1969, Adam Fortunate Eagle now offers an unforgettable memoir of his years as a young student at Pipestone Indian Boarding School in Minnesota. In...
Charles Goodnight
Father of the Texas Panhandle
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2012
Charles Goodnight was a pioneer of the early range cattle industry—an opinionated and profane but energetic and well-liked rancher.
Goodnight’s story is now re-examined by William T. Hagan in this brief, authoritative account that considers the role of ranching in general—and Goodnight...
When Law Was in the Holster: The Frontier Life of Bob Paul
The Frontier Life of Bob Paul
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2012
One of the great lawmen of the Old West, Bob Paul (1830–1901) cast a giant shadow across the frontiers of California and Arizona Territory for nearly fifty years. Today he is remembered mainly for his friendship with Wyatt Earp and his involvement in the stirring events surrounding the famous 1881...
So Rugged and Mountainous: Blazing the Trails to Oregon and California, 1812-1848
Blazing the Trails to Oregon and California, 1812–1848
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2011
The story of America’s westward migration is a powerful blend of fact and fable. Over the course of three decades, almost a million eager fortune-hunters, pioneers, and visionaries transformed the face of a continent—and displaced its previous inhabitants. The people who made the long and perilous...
Franciscan Frontiersmen
How Three Adventurers Charted the West
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2017
Pious and scholarly, the Franciscan friars Pedro Font, Juan Crespí, and Francisco Garcés may at first seem improbable heroes. Beginning in Spain, their adventures encompassed the remote Sierra Gorda highlands of Mexico, the deserts of the American Southwest, and coastal California. Each man’s...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2017
Most military biographies focus on officers, many of whom left diaries or wrote letters throughout their lives and careers. This collection offers new perspectives by focusing on the lives of enlisted soldiers from a variety of cultural and racial backgrounds. Comprised of ten biographies, Soldiers...
by J. Evetts Haley
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2013
Among the famous ranch brands of Texas are the T Anchor, JA, Diamond Tail, 777, Bar C, and XIT. And the greatest of these was XIT—The XIT Ranch of Texas.
It was not the first ranch in West Texas, but after its formation in the eighteen-eighties it became the largest single operation in the...
Borrowed Soldiers
Americans under British Command, 1918
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2016
The combined British Expeditionary Force and American II Corps successfully pierced the Hindenburg Line during the Hundred Days Campaign of World War I, an offensive that hastened the war’s end. Yet despite the importance of this effort, the training and operation of II Corps has received scant...
Civil War Arkansas, 1863
The Battle for a State
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2011
The Arkansas River Valley is one of the most fertile regions in the South. During the Civil War, the river also served as a vital artery for moving troops and supplies. In 1863 the battle to wrest control of the valley was, in effect, a battle for the state itself. In spite of its importance, however,...
The Buffalo Soldiers
A Narrative of the Black Cavalry in the West, Revised Edition
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2012
Originally published in 1967, William H. Leckie’s The Buffalo Soldiers was the first book of its kind to recognize the importance of African American units in the conquest of the West. Decades later, with sales of more than 75,000 copies, The Buffalo Soldiers has become a classic. Now, in a newly...
The Oatman Massacre: A Tale of Desert Captivity and Survival
A Tale of Desert Captivity and Survival
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2011
The Oatman massacre is among the most famous and dramatic captivity stories in the history of the Southwest. In this riveting account, Brian McGinty explores the background, development, and aftermath of the tragedy.
Roys Oatman, a dissident Mormon, led his family of nine and a few other families...
Sign Talker
Hugh Lenox Scott Remembers Indian Country
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2016
A graduate of West Point, General Hugh Lenox Scott (1853–1934) belonged to the same regiment as George Armstrong Custer. As a member of the Seventh Cavalry, Scott actually began his career at the Little Big Horn when in 1877 he helped rebury Custer’s fallen soldiers. Yet Scott was no Custer. His...
Bracketing the Enemy
Forward Observers in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2013
After the end of World War II, General George Patton declared that artillery had won the war. Yet howitzers did not achieve victory on their own. Crucial to the success of these big guns were forward observers, artillerymen on the front lines who directed the artillery fire. Until now, the vital role...
by Robert K. DeArment
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2018
Until the early twentieth century, life in the American West could be rough and sometimes vicious. Those who brought thieves and murderers to justice at times had to employ tactics as ruthless as their prey. In this follow-up to his first collection of biographies of the West’s most recognized man-hunters,...