Never Caught Twice

Never Caught Twice
Author: Matthew S. Luckett
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2020-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 149622325X

2021 Nebraska Book Award Never Caught Twice presents the untold history of horse raiding and stealing on the Great Plains of western Nebraska. By investigating horse stealing by and from four Plains groups—American Indians, the U.S. Army, ranchers and cowboys, and farmers—Matthew S. Luckett clarifies a widely misunderstood crime in Western mythology and shows that horse stealing transformed plains culture and settlement in fundamental and surprising ways. From Lakota and Cheyenne horse raids to rustling gangs in the Sandhills, horse theft was widespread and devastating across the region. The horse’s critical importance in both Native and white societies meant that horse stealing destabilized communities and jeopardized the peace throughout the plains, instigating massacres and murders and causing people to act furiously in defense of their most expensive, most important, and most beloved property. But as it became increasingly clear that no one legal or military institution could fully control it, would-be victims desperately sought a solution that would spare their farms and families from the calamitous loss of a horse. For some, that solution was violence. Never Caught Twice shows how the story of horse stealing across western Nebraska and the Great Plains was in many ways the story of the old West itself.

The Mississippi Valley Historical Review

The Mississippi Valley Historical Review
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 666
Release: 1925
Genre: Electronic journals
ISBN:

Includes articles and reviews covering all aspects of American history. Formerly the Mississippi Valley Historical Review,

African-Americans in Defense of the Nation

African-Americans in Defense of the Nation
Author: James T. Controvich
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2011-03-28
Genre: History
ISBN: 0810874806

While the role of the African American in American history has been written about extensively, it is often difficult to locate the wealth of material that has been published. African-Americans in Defense of the Nation builds on a long list of early bibliographies concerning the subject, bringing together a broad spectrum of titles related to the African-American participation in America's wars. It covers both military exploits—as African Americans have been involved in every American conflict since the Revolution—and their participation in the homefront support.

The American Historical Review

The American Historical Review
Author: John Franklin Jameson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 932
Release: 1923
Genre: History
ISBN:

American Historical Review is the oldest scholarly journal of history in the United States and the largest in the world. Published by the American Historical Association, it covers all areas of historical research.