The Heart of Everything That Is: the Untold Story of Red Cloud, an American Legend

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 369-397) and index. Review Quotes: "The word 'epic' is overused these days. Not here. This is big, blazing history, writ large on the High Plains. Clavin and Drury handle it beautifully. Through the striking historical figure of Red Cloud, they tell story of the Sioux Nation and of the fight for the American West."--S. C. Gwynne "author of Empire of the Summer Moon "Review Quotes: "Finally we have the full story of Red Cloud, told without the sentimentality and delusional romance that too many white historians bring to the American native tribes. The Powder River country of the West entrapped two equally objectionable groups--the soldiers that Washington sent to decimate the tribes, and the tribes themselves, who had been slaughtering each other for centuries. That stirring but bloodthirsty era deserves an honest treatment like this."--Rinker Buck "author of Flight of Passage "Biographical Note: Bob Drury and Tom Clavin are the "New York Times "bestselling authors of "Halsey's Typhoon," "Last Men Out," and "The Last Stand of Fox Company," which won the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation's 2010 General Wallace M. Greene Jr. Award for nonfiction. They live in Manasquan, New Jersey, and Sag Harbor, New York, respectively. Table of Contents: Prologue / Paha Sapa -- Part I. The Prairie -- 1. First Contact -- 2. Guns and Badlands -- 3. The Black Hills and Beyond -- 4. Red Cloud Comes! -- 5. Counting Coup -- 6. Print the Legend -- Part II. The Invasion -- 7. Old Gabe -- 8. The Glory Road -- 9. Pretty Owl and Pine Leaf -- 10. A Blood-Tinged Season -- 11. A Lone Stranger -- 12. Samuel Colt's Invention -- 13. A Brief Respite -- 14. The Dakotas Rise -- Part III. The Resistance -- 15. Strong Hearts -- 16. An Army in Shambles -- 17. Blood on the Ice -- 18. The Great Escape -- 19. Bloody Bridge Station -- 20. The Hunt for Red Cloud -- 21. Burn the Bodies; Eat the Horses -- Part IV. The War -- 22. War Is Peace -- 23. Big Bellies and Shirt Wearers -- 24. Colonel Carrington's Circus -- 25. Here Be Monsters -- 26. The Perfect Fort -- 27. Mercifully Kill All the Wounded -- 28. Roughing It -- 29. A Thin Blue Line -- 30. Fire in the Belly -- 31. High Plains Drifters -- Part V. The Massacre -- 32. Fetterman -- 33. Dress Rehearsal -- 34. Soldiers in Both Hands -- 35. The Half-Man's Omen -- 36. Broken Arrows -- 37. Like Hogs Brought to Market -- 38. Fear and Mourning -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes and Bibliography -- Index. Review Quotes: "A ripping yarn . . . A quintessentially Western tale of bold exploits, tough characters, brutal conditions and a lost way of life, this sounds like the sort of story that practically tells itself. Yet you only realize how little justice most popular histories do to their source material when you come across a book, like this one, that does everything right. It's customary to say of certain nonfiction books -- gussied up with plenty of 'color' and psychological speculation -- that they 'read like a novel, ' but truth be told, most of the time we'd have to be talking about a pretty mediocre novel. "The Heart of Everything That Is," on the other hand, resembles the good ones. There were times, turning its pages, when I could almost smell the pines of the Black Hills, feel the icy wind tearing down from Canada across the prairie and hear the hooves of the buffalo pounding the earth."--Laura Miller "Salon "Publisher Marketing: An acclaimed "New York Times "bestseller, selected by "Salon" as a best book of the year, the astonishing untold story of the life and times of Sioux warrior Red Cloud: "a page-turner with remarkable immediacy...and the narrative sweep of a great Western" ("The Boston Globe"). Red Cloud was the only American Indian in history to defeat the United States Army in a war, forcing the government to sue for peace on his terms. At the peak of Red Cloud's powers the Sioux could claim control of one-fifth of the contiguous United States and the loyalty of thousands of fierce fighters. But the fog of history has left Red Cloud strangely obscured. Now, thanks to the rediscovery of a lost autobiography, and painstaking research by two award-winning authors, the story of the nineteenth century's most powerful and successful Indian warrior can finally be told. In "The Heart of Everything That Is," Bob Drury and Tom Clavin restore Red Cloud to his rightful place in American history in a sweeping and dramatic narrative based on years of primary research. As they trace the events leading to Red Cloud's War, they provide intimate portraits of the many lives Red Cloud touched--mountain men such as Jim Bridger; US generals like William Tecumseh Sherman, who were charged with annihilating the Sioux; fearless explorers, such as the dashing John Bozeman; and the memorable warriors whom Red Cloud groomed, like the legendary Crazy Horse. And at the center of the story is Red Cloud, fighting for the very existence of the Indian way of life. "Unabashed, unbiased, and disturbingly honest, leaving no razor-sharp arrowhead unturned, no rifle trigger unpulled....a compelling and fiery narrative" ("USA TODAY"), this is the definitive chronicle of the conflict between an expanding white civilization and the Plains Indians who stood in its way. Review Citations: Audio File 02/01/2014 pg. 31 (EAN 9781470394707, Compact Disc) Library Journal 05/01/2014 pg. 46 (EAN 9781470394707, Compact Disc) - *Starred Review Audio File 02/01/2014 pg. 31 (EAN 9781442367500, Downloadable Audio) Library Journal Prepub Alert 06/01/2013 pg. 82 (EAN 9781451654660, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 08/12/2013 (EAN 9781451654660, Hardcover) Library Journal 09/01/2013 pg. 123 (EAN 9781451654660, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Kirkus Reviews 11/01/2013 (EAN 9781451654660, Hardcover) BookPage 11/01/2013 (EAN 9781451654660, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Drury, Bob Bob Drury is the author/coauthor/editor of nine books. He has written for numerous publications, including "The New York Times", "Vanity Fair", "Men's Journal", and "GQ". He is currently a contributing editor and foreign correspondent for "Men's Health". He lives in Manasquan, New Jersey. Contributor Bio:  Clavin, Tom Tom Clavin is the editor of the "East Hampton Independent" and the "Southampton Independent", two of the most award-winning weekly newspapers in the United States. His articles have appeared in "Reader s Digest", "Cosmopolitan", "Golf" magazine, "Family Circle", and other publications. Clavin is also the coauthor of "Halsey s Typhoon".