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Where Custer Fell: Photographs of the Little Bighorn Battlefield Then and Now
James S. Brust, Brian C. Pohanka, ...

University of Oklahoma Press, 2007

The Battle of the Little Bighorn has long held an eminent position among the chronicles of the mythic West. None of the men who rode with Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer to his "Last Stand" survived to tell the tale, but this stunning photography book provides a view of the battlefield as it must have existed in 1876. The authors James S. Brust, Brian C. Pohanka, and Sandy Barnard searched for elusive documents and photographs, made ...

Horses That Buck: The Story of Champion Bronc Rider Bill Smith (Western Legacies)
Margot Kahn

University of Oklahoma Press, 2008

When asked in an interview what he most liked about rodeo, three-time world champion saddle-bronc rider "Cody" Bill Smith said simply, "Horses that buck." Smith redefined the image of America's iconic cowboy. Determined as a boy to escape a miner's life in Montana, he fantasized a life in rodeo and went on to earn thirteen trips to the national finals, becoming one of the greatest of all riders. This biography puts readers in the saddle to ...

A Letter to America
David Boren

University of Oklahoma Press, 2008

A Letter to America boldly faces the question of how long the United States, with only six percent of the world's population, can remain a global superpower. University of Oklahoma president David Boren explains with unsparing clarity why the country is at a crossroads and why decisive action is urgently needed. He draws on his experiences as the longest-serving chair of the U.S. Senate's Select Committee on Intelligence and as a state ...

Techniques of the Selling Writer
Dwight V. Swain

University of Oklahoma Press, 1982

Gall: Lakota War Chief
Robert W. Larson

University of Oklahoma Press, 2007

Called the "Fighting Cock of the Sioux" by U.S. soldiers, Hunkpapa warrior Gall was a great Lakota chief who, along with Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, resisted efforts by the U.S. government to annex the Black Hills. It was Gall, enraged by the slaughter of his family, who led the charge across Medicine Tail Ford to attack Custer's main forces on the other side of the Little Bighorn. Robert W. Larson now sorts through contrasting views of ...

The Sacred Pipe: Black Elk's Account of the Seven Rites of the Oglala Sioux (Civilization of the American ...
Joseph Epes Brown

University of Oklahoma Press, 1989

The Mountain Meadows Massacre
Juanita Brooks

University of Oklahoma Press, 1991

Mary Martin, Broadway Legend
Ronald L. Davis

University of Oklahoma Press, 2008

South Pacific. The Sound of Music. Peter Pan . As the star of these classic Broadway musicals, Mary Martin captivated theater audiences with her impish persona and magnificent voice. Now Ronald L. Davis fills a major gap in theater history, moving beyond Martin's own 1976 memoir to provide a complete picture of her life and career. Lively and engaging, Davis's biography is the first book-length portrait of the theater icon, spanning her ...

Warfare in the Classical World: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Weapons, Warriors and Warfare in the Ancient ...
John Gibson Warry

University of Oklahoma Press, 1995

From the rise of Greece to the fall of Rome, this superbly illustrated volume is a wonderful account of the warriors and battles that dominated Europe and the Near East for more than 1,000 years. The story begins at Troy, drawing upon Homeric legend and modern archaeological evidence. It continues through Greece's Persian and Peloponnesian Wars, Alexander the Great, Rome's Punic Wars, Hannibal, Julius Caesar, and the barbarian invasions. ...

Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto (Civilization of the American Indian)
Vine Deloria

University of Oklahoma Press, 1988

Stricken Field: The Little Bighorn Since 1876
Jerome A. Greene

University of Oklahoma Press, 2008

The Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument is the site of one of America's most famous armed struggles, but the events surrounding Custer's defeat there in 1876 are only the beginning of the story. As park custodians, American Indians, and others have contested how the site should be preserved and interpreted for posterity, the Little Bighorn has turned into a battlefield in more ways than one. In Stricken Field , one of America's ...

My Life With Bonnie And Clyde
Blanche Caldwell Barrow

University of Oklahoma Press, 2005

Bonnie and Clyde were responsible for multiple murders and countless robberies. But they did not act alone. In 1933, during their infamous run from the law, Bonnie and Clyde were joined by Clyde's brother Buck Barrow and his wife Blanche. Of these four accomplices, only one--Blanche Caldwell Barrow--lived beyond early adulthood and only Blanche left behind a written account of their escapades. Edited by outlaw expert John Neal Phillips, ...

The Conquest of America: The Question of the Other
Tzvetan Todorov

University of Oklahoma Press, 1999

A fascinating study of cultural confrontation in the New World, with implications far beyond sixteenth-century America, The Conquest of America has become a classic in its field. It offers an original interpretation of the discovery of America by Columbus and of the subsequent conquest, colonization, and destruction of Mexico and the Caribbean by the Spaniards at the beginning of the modern era. Using sixteenth-century sources, the ...

Charles Goodnight, Cowman and Plainsman
J. Evetts Haley

University of Oklahoma Press, 1981

The Student's Catullus (Oklahoma Series in Classical Culture)
Daniel H. Garrison, Gaius Valerius Catullus

University of Oklahoma Press, 2004

In this third edition, thoroughly revised, Daniel H. Garrison makes these famous poems more accessible than ever to students of Latin. A standard college textbook as well as a comprehensive reference, the book includes a brief introduction about the poet's life and the character of his poems, a fresh recension of all 113 poems, and a commentary in English on each poem, explaining difficult points of Latin, features of Catullus' artistry, and ...

The Third Wave: Democratization in the Late Twentieth Century (Julian J. Rothbaum Distinguished Lecture ...
Samuel P. Huntington

University of Oklahoma Press, 1993

So Far from God: The U.S. War With Mexico, 1846-1848
John S. D. Eisenhower

University of Oklahoma Press, 2000

The Mexican-American War of the 1840s, precipitated by border disputes and the U.S. annexation of Texas, ended with the military occupation of Mexico City by General Winfield Scott. In the subsequent treaty, the United States gained territory that would become California, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and parts of Wyoming and Colorado. In this highly readable account, John S. D. Eisenhower provides a comprehensive survey of this frequently ...

They Called Him Wild Bill: The Life and Adventures of James Butler Hickok
Joseph G. Rosa

University of Oklahoma Press, 1979

The Life of John Wesley Hardin As Written by Himself
John Wesley Hardin

University of Oklahoma Press, 1977

American Indian Education: A History
Jon Allan Reyhner, Jeanne M. Oyawin Eder

University of Oklahoma Press, 2006

In this comprehensive history of American Indian education in the United States from colonial times to the present, historians and educators Jon Reyhner and Jeanne Eder explore the broad spectrum of Native experiences in missionary, government, and tribal boarding and day schools. This up-to-date survey is the first one-volume source for those interested in educational reform policies and missionary and government efforts to Christianize and ...

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