The Contested Plains

Winner: Caroline Bancroft Prize Winner: Caughey Award Winner: PEN Center USA West Literary Award in Research Nonfiction Winner: Francis Parkman Prize Winner: Ray Allen Billington Prize Choice Outstanding Title Deftly retracing a pivotal chapter in one of America’s most dramatic stories, Elliott West chronicles the struggles, triumphs, and defeats of both Indians and whites as they pursued their clashing dreams of greatness in the heart of the continent. The Contested Plains recounts the rise of