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Viola, Herman Joseph was born on February 24, 1938 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Joseph and Mary (Incollingo) Viola.
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The U.S. Army officer who fought throughout the Civil War discusses his rescue of a general's body from the enemy during the Battle of Gettysburg, his posting on the Arizona frontier, and his contact with native Americans. 15,000 first printing.
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50 TH ANNIVERSARY VOLUME Hardcover: 282 pages Publisher: Harry N Abrams (Reprint 1986) Language: English ISBN-10: 0810913674 ISBN-13: 978-0810913677 Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.8 x 1.3 inches Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
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On the morning of June 25, 1876, soldiers of the elite U.S. Seventh Cavalry led by Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer attacked a large Indian encampment on the banks of the Little Bighorn River. By day's end, Custer and more than two hundred of his men lay dead. It was a shocking defeat--or magnificent victory, depending on your point of view--and more than a century later it is still the object of controversy, debate, and fascination. What really happened on that fateful day? Now, thanks to the work of Herman J. Viola, Curator Emeritus of the Smithsonian Institution, we are much closer to answering that question. Dr. Viola, a leader in the preservation of Native American culture and history, has collected here dozens of dramatic, never-before-published accounts by Indians who participated in the battle--accounts that have been handed down to the present day, often secretly and accompanied by oaths of silence, from one generation to the next. These remarkable eyewitness recollections provide a direct link to that day's events; together they constitute an unprecedented oral history of the battle from the Native American point of view and the most comprehensive eyewitness description of Little Bighorn we have ever had. Here are the dramatic stories of the Cheyenne and Lakota warriors who rode into battle against Custer, the yellow-haired Son of the Morning Star, an adversary whose valor they admired--but who became a mortal enemy after breaking his peace-pipe oath, a scene described vividly in these pages. Here in their own words are the stories of the Crow scouts, allies of Custer, who advised against attacking Sitting Bull's village on the Little Bighorn. Here are tales of valor told by the Arikara scouts who fought side by side with Custer's men against the Lakota and Cheyenne; although the Great Father in Washington rewarded their heroism with silence, it is celebrated to this day in tribal stories and songs that come to us from beyond the grave with hair-raising immediacy and power. Lavishly illustrated with more than two hundred maps, photographs, reproductions, and drawings, this remarkable book also includes: An account of the battle, including startling descriptions of Custer's conduct, collected from the Crow scouts by the famed photographer Edward S. Curtis in 1908. Curtis never published this report--President Theodore Roosevelt advised him not to--and it remained a secret until his ninety-year-old son recently gave the material to the Smithsonian. New archaeological evidence from the battlefield that casts fresh light on the Seventh Cavalry's movements, along with discoveries from the site of Sitting Bull's village--including the complete skeleton of a cavalry horse with its rider's well- preserved saddlebags and personal items. A series of illustrations made soon after the battle by Red Horse, a remarkable tableau that is reproduced here in its entirety for the first time. Three letters written by Lieutenant William Van Wyck Reily just days before he died at Little Bighorn that provide key and potentially controversial insights into the conduct of the cavalry under Custer's command. In short, this landmark book takes us much closer to knowing what really happened on that June day in 1876 when Custer died and a legend was born.
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"Here is...one of the most important books in modern times on Indian-white relations." ---Western Historical Quarterly "Dr. Viola has...provided us with what will undoubtedly be the last word on the topic." ---American Indian Quarterly "Diplomats in Buckskins is loaded with historical fact, but this does not make it dry reading. Beyond being extremely entertained we can be educated by a work that tells us a lot more about ourselves as a nation. We are a people of so many origins. It gives perspective to know that a part of us once negotiated with another part as separate and soverign nations." ---Minnesota History "This volume is a soundly-represented and imaginative study of the delegations of tribal representatives who visited Washington largely between 1800 and 1900....The diligence with which Dr. Viola pursued his research has enabled him to write a most rewarding book which captures the agonies and pleasures, successes and defeats, and humor and pathos of the delegates as they conferred with Washington's sympathetic bur mostly patronizing and diffident bureaucracy." ---Journal of the West
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(Describes the exchanges of animal, agricultural, and cult...)
Describes the exchanges of animal, agricultural, and cultural products between the Old World and the New World during the five hundred years since Columbus's expeditions, assessing the damage and benefits to populations on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Discusses the life of the only native American serving in Congress today, describing his troubled youth, his discovery of judo, his crippling injury during the 1964 Olympics, his success as a jeweler and breeder of quarterhorses, and his political career. 25,000 first printing.
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Viola, Herman Joseph was born on February 24, 1938 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Joseph and Mary (Incollingo) Viola.
Bachelor, Marquette University, 1960. Master of Arts, Marquette University, 1964. Doctor of Philosophy, Indiana University, 1970.
Founding editor, Prologue: Journal of National Archives, 1969-1972; director, National Anthropological Archives, 1972-1986; director quincentenary programs Museum Natural History, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, 1986-1994; curator emeritus, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, since 1994.
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(1991 2nd edition. Smithsonian Institution Press 278 pages)
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Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1960-1962. Member Western History Association, Society American Archivists (program chairman 1972).
Married Susan Patricia Bennett, June 13, 1964. Children— Joseph, Paul, Peter.