Life of George Bent - Softcover

Hyde, George E

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0806107693 ISBN 13: 9780806107691

Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr (Trd), 1983

Synopsis

George Bent, the son of William Bent, one of the founders of Bent's Fort on the Arkansas near present day La Junta, Colorado, and Owl Woman, a Cheyenne, began exchanging letters in 1905 with George E. Hyde of Omaha concerning life at the fort, his experiences with his Cheyenne kinsmen, and the events which finally led to the military suppression of the Indians on the southern Great Plains. This correspondence, which continued to the eve of Bent's death in 1918, is the source of the narrative here published, the narrator being Bent himself.

About this title

About the Author

George E. Hyde was born in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1882. As a boy he became interested in Indians and began writing about them in 1910. He has produced some of the most important books on the American Indian ever written, including Indians of the High Plains, Indians of the Woodlands, Red Cloud's Folk, Spotted Tail's Folk, and Life of George Bent, all published by the University of Oklahoma Press. Hyde died in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1968 at the age of 86.

Savoie Lottinville, editor of four series of books published by the University of Oklahoma Press during his tenure as director from 1938 to 1967, was Regents Professor of History in the University and Director Emeritus of the Press. He was a graduate of the University of Oklahoma and of the University of Oxford, England, where he was a Rhodes Scholar.

Edition details

• Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr (Trd)
• Publication date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0806107693
• ISBN 13: 9780806107691
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 389