Fort Phil Kearny

Praise for the original Bison Books edition of Fort Phil Kearny: An American Saga
 
“This meticulously documented book . . . , based on army records and firsthand reports, should stand as definitive. [It] is, by far, the best account yet of Fort Phil Kearny and the stirring events that took place. . . . A must for devotees of Western Americana.”-Robert Hannon, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
 
“For the first time we have the detailed story of all the little fights that preceded the major disaster. . . . It is one of the best studies that has been made of any sector of the Indian Wars.”-Don Russell, Chicago Sunday Tribune

“This is an excellent introduction to the period we know as the Indian Wars as well as a prelude to the major disaster a decade in the future.”-Military Affairs
 
“Brown has resisted the temptation to argue disputed points in detail. He has marshaled the facts, allowing the documents to speak for themselves.”-Westerners Brand Book
 
“[Dee Brown] has always been a highly gifted storyteller, in the best sense of the word, as well as a careful historian. He is aided here by the nature of his material. . . . This is a vivid portrayal of the period, and it is a book where perhaps the clichÉ ‘hard-to-put-down’ may for once be justifiably used.”-English Westerners’ Tally Sheet
 
“The scholarship is surpassed only by the engaging style which in toto makes Fort Phil Kearny a most readable book.”-Journal of the West

"Engaging and well written."-Steven C. Haack, Journal of America's Military Past