Northwestern Fights & Fighters
The Nez Perce & Modoc Indian Wars 1872-77
The Indian wars of the north west This, the fifth volume in Cyrus Townsend Brady's well regarded series, American Fights and Fighters, differs somewhat in format from other its companion volumes. Whilst Brady is always informative, accurate, original and entertaining his books have a tendency to include material where the subject matter appears to have appealed to Brady at the time and was thereafter in need of a home in one of his works. This volume, Northwest Fights and Fighters, focuses specifically on two wars, the Nez Percé War and the Modoc War, which the United States Army fought against the indigenous Indian tri…
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- ISBN: 978-0-85706-672-5
- EAN: 9780857066725
- Produktnummer: 11641026
- Verlag: Leonaur
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 300 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D1.7 cm 403 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 403
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Cyrus Townsend Brady (December 20, 1861 - January 24, 1920) was a journalist, historian and adventure writer. His best-known work is Indian Fights and FightersHe was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1883. In 1889, he was ordained a deacon in the Episcopal church, and was ordained a priest in 1890. His first wife was Clarissa Guthrie, who died in 1890. His second wife was Mary Barrett.Brady's first major book, For Love of Country, whilst telling the story of a fictitious John Seymour, was actually based in part on the true heroics of Nicholas Biddle, one of the first five captains of the fledgling Continental Navy.Brady was also famous for his views of feminism and Women's suffrage, he preached many anti-suffrage sermons and described women voters as an insult to God.In 1914 Brady began working as a screenwriter at Vitagraph Company of America.Brady died in Yonkers, New York of pneumonia at age 58.
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