January Moon: The Northern Cheyenne Breakout from Fort Robinson, 1878-1879

by Jerome A. Greene

Book Overview

Historian Jerome A. Greene is renowned for his memorable chronicles of egregious events involving American Indians and the U.S. military, including Sand Creek, Washita, and Wounded Knee. Now, in January Moon, Greene draws from extensive research and fieldwork to explore a signal--and appallingly brutal--event in American history: the desperate flight of Chief Dull Knife's Northern Cheyenne Indians from imprisonment at Fort Robinson, Nebraska...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806164786
• ISBN13: 9780806164786
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.8" x 9.1"