Circle the Wagons!
Attacks on Wagon Trains in History and Hollywood Films
by Gregory F. Michno and Susan J. Michno
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It’s a cinematic image as familiar as John Wayne’s face: a wagon train circling as a defensive maneuver against Indian attacks. This book examines actual and fictional wagon-train battles and compares them for realism. It also describes how fledgling Hollywood portrayed the concept of westward migration but, as the evolving industry became more accurate in historical detail, how filmmakers then lost sight of the big picture.
About the authors:
Historian Gregory F. Michno is the author of numerous books about such topics as the American West and World War II. He lives in Frederick, Colorado.
Susan J. Michno has written articles on the Spirit Lake Massacre and the Box Family of Texas. She lives in Frederick, Colorado.
Press Reviews:
"fascinating"—Western Clippings; "Gregory F. Michno, and co-author Susan J. Michno, are on a mission. They are out to set the record straight on the ‘did they or didn’t they?’ question regarding Indian attacks on pioneer wagon trains. Circle the Wagons! does an admirable job of reporting the facts and setting the record straight. The Michnos’ modern myth-busting proceeds through 35 chapters, each recounting–often in gruesome, stomach-churning detail–one or more documented attacks on pioneer wagon trains and the attacks’ chilling aftermaths"—Arm Chair General.
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