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Title: Essential for anyone interested in the history of the West
Review: This is so well-done, deep analysis blended with suspense, characters, scene-setting, motivations, terrain, it's exemplary history. While it covers a generally ignored portion of the Civil War, as other reviewers point out it really explains so much of the next 20+ years West of the Mississippi from the Sioux Wars, the Western Railroads, the Denver Mint, the odd hybrid culture of former Confederates that influences the West still, and more. What surprised me is that there haven't been far more books, movies, and television stories based on the adventures Josephy recounts...it's a lot more riveting stuff than most.
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