Robert M Utley
Robert M. Utley (1929-2022) served in the National Park Service for 25 years in various capacities, including Chief Historian from 1964 to 1972. Since his retirement from the federal government in 1980, he has devoted himself full-time to historical research and writing with a specialty in the American West. He is author, among many articles and books he has published, of Cavalier in Buckskin: George Armstrong Custer and the Western Military Frontier , Revised Edition; Billy the Kid: A Short...See more
Robert M. Utley (1929-2022) served in the National Park Service for 25 years in various capacities, including Chief Historian from 1964 to 1972. Since his retirement from the federal government in 1980, he has devoted himself full-time to historical research and writing with a specialty in the American West. He is author, among many articles and books he has published, of Cavalier in Buckskin: George Armstrong Custer and the Western Military Frontier , Revised Edition; Billy the Kid: A Short and Violent Life ; Lone Star Lawmen: The Second Century of the Texas Rangers ; and The Commanders: Civil War Generals Who Shaped the American West . A founder of the Western History Association, Utley has served on its governing council and as its president. See less
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Robert M Utley book reviews
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The Lance and the Shield: The Life and Times of Sitting Bull
Wonderfully readable history
Mr. Utley is arguably the pre-eminent American scholar of the opening of the West, from the Lewis and Clark expedition through the massacre at Wounded Knee. This rich biography of Sitting Bull is a ... Read More
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Indian Wars
compelling
by Arnelo, Jan 9, 2009
The stories are well written and comprehensive enough to understand the plight of the Indians during the influx of the European colonies from the 16th century up until the 19th century. Balanced ... Read More
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A Life Wild and Perilous
Life Wild and Perilous
By far one of the best books on the fur trade I've ever read. Mr. Utley provides excellent and complete factual information while making this book thoroughly entertaining. Highly reccommended ! Read More