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Halfbreed: The Remarkable True Story of George Bent--Caught Between the Worlds of the Indian and the White Man
Winner:Colorado Book Award -Biography/Memoir (2005)
This is the story of the amazing and uncommon life of George Bent-a "halfbreed" born to a prominent white trader and his Indian wife-whose lifetime spanned one of the most exciting epochs in our nation's history. Raised as a Cheyenne but educated in white schools, George Bent fought for the Confederacy in the Civil War, became a Cheyenne warrior and survived the horrific 1864 Sand Creek Massacre, rode and killed for revenge with the ferocious Cheyenne Dog Soldiers, and later became a prominent interpreter and negotiator for whites and adviser to tribal leaders. He hobnobbed with frontier legends Kit Carson, Buffalo Bill, Wild Bill Hickok, and George Custer, and fought side-by-side with great Indian leaders. After a lifetime of adventures and misfortunes, accomplishments and failures, George Bent made a lasting contribution to the memory of his people by sharing with historians the story of the fighting Cheyennes.
Book Details
- Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
- Publish Date: Mar 16th, 2005
- Pages: 458
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 9.18in - 6.08in - 1.25in - 1.42lb
- EAN: 9780306814105
- Categories: • Indigenous• Indigenous - General• United States - 19th Century
About the Author
David F. Halaas is the Director of Library & Archives of Pittsburgh's Smithsonian-affiliated Senator John Heinz History Center and Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum.
Andrew E. Masich is the President of Library & Archives of Pittsburgh's Smithsonian-affiliated Senator John Heinz History Center and Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum.
Praise for this book
"Belongs on every shelf of western American history."