The Bitter Waters of Medicine Creek: A Tragic Clash Between White and Native America
- ISBN-10
- 0307388964
- ISBN-13
- 9780307388964
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 330
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Author
- Richard Kluger
Description
From a Pulitzer Prize-winner comes the riveting story of a brutal confrontation between Native Americans and white settlers, a harrowing drama that unfolded in the new, idyllic Washington Territory in 1853.
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