The Great Father: The United States Government and the American Indians

Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1986. Second printing. Two volume set. 1302pp. Octavo [24 cm] Blue cloth with the titles gilt on the backstrip. Housed in a salmon colored slipcase. Books and slipcase fine. This is a comprehensive history of the relations between the U.S. government and the Indians. Covering the two centuries from the Revolutionary War to 1980, this work traces the development of American Indian policy and the growth of the bureaucracy created to implement that policy. Awarded the Ray Allen Billington Prize by the Organization of American Historians (1984). (Inventory #: 10606)