The Earth is Weeping

Resumen del libro

Sunday Times' Best History Books of 2017Winner of the Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military HistoryWinner of the 2017 Caroline Bancroft History PrizeShortlisted for the Military History Magazine Book of the Year AwardNOMINATED FOR THE 2017 PEN HESSELL-TILTMAN'Extraordinary... Cozzens has stripped the myth from these stories, but he is such a superb writer that what remains is exquisite' The TimesAt the end of the Civil War, the American nation continued its expansion onto tribal lands, setting off a struggle that would last nearly three decades. Peter Cozzens chronicles the conflict from both sides in comprehensive and singularly intimate detail, bringing together a pageant of fascinating characters, including Custer, Sherman and Grant, as well as great native leaders such as Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull and Red Cloud.

This is the tale of how the West was won... and lost.

Biografía del autor

Peter Cozzens es autor o editor de diecisiete libros sobre la Guerra de Secesión y el Oeste americano, entre ellos Shenandoah 1862: Stonewall Jacksonx{0026} x02019;s Valley Campaign, This Terrible Sound: The Battle of Chickamauga o No Better Place to Die: The Battle of Stones River. Su libro más reciente, La Tierra llora. La amarga historia de las Guerras Indias por la conquista del Oeste (Desperta Ferro Ediciones, 2017) ha sido galardonada con el Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History como mejor obra de Historia militar publicada en el mundo anglosajón en 2016. Asimismo, fue incluido en el Smithsonian Top History Book of 2016 y se abrió paso en otras importantes listas de mejor libro del año.