"Jeff Barnes has produced a comprehensive history guide to the Northern Plains forts, including extensive information for the traveler visiting each site. This is the premier book of its kind published to date."-Randy Kane, Nebraska History
"This handy, well-thought-out guide is excellent for anyone who enjoys exploring the military history of the northern campaigns of the late 1800s."-Kansas History
“Barnes has produced a valuable combination of history and travel guide for all students of the Northern Plains Indian Wars. A very timely, very impressive work.”-Robert M. Utley, author of The Last Sovereigns: Sitting Bull and the Resistance of the Free Lakotas
"Forts of the Northern Plains is a beautifully presented volume and will undoubtedly be an important addition to the study of Great Plains, military, and Indian Wars history for decades to come."-Erik J. Wright, True West
“Well written and researched, [Forts of the Northern Plains] offers a handy, carefully organized summary of many important military sites in the West.”-Barton H. Barbour, Great Plains Quarterly
“A much-needed, up-to-date guide to the critical forts of the Indian campaigns of the late nineteenth century. This book should be on the shelves of everyone with an interest in the West during this traumatic period of American history.”-Jerome A. Greene, author of Nez Perce Summer, 1877: The U.S. Army and the Nee-Me-Poo Crisis
