The Indian War of 1864 (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Early History of Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, and WyomingBy Eugene Fitch Ware
Length16h 42m
About this audiobook
The Indian War of 1864 is a vivid first-person chronicle of military service on the Great Plains during a year of violent collision between U.S. expansion and Native resistance. Ware recounts scouting, campaigning, frontier anxiety, and the logistical hardships of cavalry life with a style at once documentary and literary: precise in detail, ironic in tone, and shaped by the retrospective intelligence of a seasoned observer. The book belongs to the tradition of nineteenth-century military memoir, yet it also illuminates the contested borderlands of Kansas, Nebraska, and Colorado in the Civil War era. Eugene Fitch Ware, later known as the poet "Ironquill," was a Union veteran who served in the Seventh Iowa Cavalry and experienced the Plains campaigns directly. His later career as a Kansas lawyer, public official, and man of letters gave him both the memory of a participant and the analytical distance of a reflective writer. These combined identities explain the book's unusual mixture of soldierly anecdote, frontier sociology, and moral complexity. Readers interested in the Civil War's western dimensions, Native-white conflict, or the literature of frontier memory will find this work indispensable. It is best approached not only as history, but as testimony: candid, observant, and revealing of the assumptions and pressures of its age.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Audiobook details
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GenreHistory
Length16 hrs 42 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 15, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees (Annotated)
23Chapter XXII.
2Chapter I.
24Chapter XXIII.
3Chapter II.
25Chapter XXIV.
4Chapter III.
26Chapter XXV.
5Chapter IV.
27Chapter XXVI.
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6Chapter V.
28Chapter XXVII.
7Chapter VI.
29Chapter XXVIII.
8Chapter VII.
30Chapter XXIX.
9Chapter VIII.
31Chapter XXX.
10Chapter IX.
32Chapter XXXI.
11Chapter X.
33Chapter XXXII.
12Chapter XI.
34Chapter XXXIII.
13Chapter XII.
35Chapter XXXIV.
14Chapter XIII.
36Chapter XXXV.
15Chapter XIV.
37Chapter XXXVI.
16Chapter XV.
38Chapter XXXVII.
17Chapter XVI.
39Chapter XXXVIII.
18Chapter XVII.
40Appendix A.
19Chapter XVIII.
41Appendix B.
20Chapter XIX.
42Appendix C.
21Chapter XX.
43Appendix D.
22Chapter XXI.
44Memorable Quotes
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