Greene, Jerome a.: - Jerome A. Greene is the author of twenty-three books in addition to many scholarly articles and government reports. A United States Army veteran, he earned degrees in history from Black Hills State University and the University of South Dakota. Following studies at the University of Oklahoma, Greene taught American Indian history at Haskell Indian Nations University. He then began a career as a research historian with the National Park Service, retiring in 2007 after over forty years of government service. His 2014 book American Carnage: Wounded Knee, 1890 received a Spur Award for Best Western Historical Nonfiction from the Western Writers of America. A native of northern New York State, Greene now resides in the Denver area.