{"product_id":"john-finerty-reports-the-sioux-paul-l-hedren-9780806165059","title":"John Finerty Reports the Sioux War","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eWar-Path and Bivouac\u003c\/em\u003e, published in 1890, John Finerty (1846-1908) recalled his summer following George Crook's infamous campaign against the Sioux in 1876. Historians have long surmised that Finerty's correspondence covering the campaign for the \u003cem\u003eChicago Times\u003c\/em\u003e reappeared in its entirety in Finerty's celebrated book. But that turns out not to be the case, as readers will discover in this remarkable volume.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In print at last, this collection of Finerty's letters and telegrams to his hometown newspaper, written from the field during Crook's campaign, conveys the full extent of the reporter's experience and observations during this time of great excitement and upheaval in the West. An introduction and annotations by Paul L. Hedren, a lifelong historian of the period, provide ample biographical and historical background for Finerty's account.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Four times under fire, giving as well as he got, Finerty reported on the action with the immediacy of an unfolding wartime story. To his riveting dispatches on the Rosebud and Slim Buttes battles, this collection adds accounts of the lesser-known Sibley scout and the tortures of the campaign trail, penned by a keen-eyed newsman who rode at the front through virtually all of the action. Here, too, is an intimate look at the Black Hills gold rush and at principal towns like Deadwood and Custer City, captured in the earliest moments of their colorful history.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Hedren's introduction places Finerty not only on the scene in Wyoming, Montana, and Dakota during the Indian campaign, but also in the context of battlefield journalism at a critical time in its evolution. Publication of this volume confirms John Finerty's outsize role in that historical moment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul L. Hedren\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0806165057\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780806165059\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Oklahoma Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/30\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d","brand":"Paul L. Hedren","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43989011202303,"sku":"9780806165059","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dd1f171b-a59c-4ba6-a0b6-f01519de341d.jpg?v=1683297410","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/john-finerty-reports-the-sioux-paul-l-hedren-9780806165059","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}