224p, illust dj, photos, illus, paintings, maps, footnotes, biblio, index. Excellent reconstruction of George Armstrong Custer's winter campaign on the southern plains. The Washita, of course, but also the entire development and conclusion of the operation,. El Segundo 1995. Volume 5, CUSTER TRAILS SERIES. "This is a beautifully designed book, well written, ground in deep research and thoughtful analysis..." states historian Robert M. Utley.
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FLASH UPDATE: Louis Kraft's article on Ned Wynkoop, "When Wynkoop Was Sheriff" (April 2011 Wild West magazine), has won the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum Wrangler Award. Kraft will attend the awards ceremony (see Events, below).
Online Reviews of Kraft's NED WYNKOOP AND THE LONELY ROAD FROM SAND CREEK:
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* Wild West magazine: http://www.historynet.com/book-review-ned-wynkoop-and-the-lonely-road-from-sand-creek-by-louis-kraft.htm
* True West magazine: http://www.truewestmagazine.com/jcontent/entertainment/entertainment/book-reviews/4395-the-lonely-road
LOUIS KRAFT WRITING BIO:
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Louis Kraft became interested in the West in the 1970s; in particular he became interested in people who didn't speak the same language but who were able to work out their differences without killing each other. To understand these people and the land they inhabited, he immersed himself in their struggle for survival. In the mid-1980s he began writing and lecturing about them. THE FINAL SHOWDOWN (Walker and Company, 1992) explores racial relations in 1867 Kansas; CUSTER AND THE CHEYENNE: GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTER'S WINTER CAMPAIGN ON THE SOUTHERN PLAINS (Upton and Sons, 1995) follows Custer's 1868-1869 winter campaign on the Southern Plains wherein he negotiated with warring Indians and got them to end a war without further bloodshed (CUSTER AND THE CHEYENNE won the Jay D. Smith award for its contribution to the study of Custeriana over the years in June 2011); and GATEWOOD & GERONIMO (University of New Mexico Press, 2000) examines the relationship between the two pre-eminent warriors of the last Apache war. Not finished with Gatewood, Kraft pieced together and edited the lieutenant's aborted attempt to write about his years walking among the Apaches, and then Kraft wrote an additional 80,000 words--text and notes--to fill in the gaps in Gatewood's incomplete manuscript--LT. CHARLES GATEWOOD & HIS APACHE WARS MEMOIR (University of Nebraska Press, 2005). NED WYNKOOP AND THE LONELY ROAD FROM SAND CREEK (University of Oklahoma Press, 2011) examines the life of a man who dared to speak up for Indian rights during the 1860s, a time of expansionism and extreme racial prejudice on the expanding western frontier.
Although Kraft had written plays earlier in his career, he had shied away from the format until 2002 when his one-man historical drama on Cheyenne Indian agent Edward Wynkoop premiered in Kansas. It has since played in California, Colorado, and Oklahoma (AN EVENING WITH NED WYNKOOP has evolved into NED WYNKOOP: A MATTER OF CONSCIENCE and NED WYNKOOP: LONG ROAD TO WASHITA). Kraft's full-length play CHEYENNE BLOOD played for five weeks in Oxnard, California, in April and May 2009. CHEYENNE BLOOD, a two character play (Cheyenne Indian Agent Ned Wynkoop and Cheyenne woman Monahsetah), dealt with race, genocide, and humanity.
Kraft continues to research, write, and lecture about Custer, Gatewood, and Wynkoop, as well swashbuckling actor Errol Flynn. He is currently researching and writing a manuscript that deals with the people and events that led up to the tragic attack on a Southern Cheyenne and Arapaho village on Sand Creek in Colorado Territory on November 29, 1864 for the University of Oklahoma Press. Other projects include Flynn and his working relationship with actress Olivia de Havilland (ERROL & OLIVIA), a story that Kraft guarantees will be well researched and different from a multitude of Hollywood biographies that race to get in print and all too often have a total disregard for truth and are loaded with sensational prose that has little or no basis in fact.
To keep up to date with Kraft, the status on his projects, and upcoming events, as well as a glimpse of his personal life subscribe to his page or link up with him on Facebook (http://facebook.com/louis.kraft). Visit his website (http://louiskraft.com) to see information about his books, magazine articles, talks, and plays, as well as the Louis Kraft Collection (an archive that houses Kraft's work) at the Chavez History Library, the Palace of the Governors, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Although the web page is a little outdated, it will be updated soon. For an overview of Kraft's work--where he's been and where he's headed--see a recent interview by Wild West magazine (http://www.historynet.com/interview-with-author-playwright-louis-kraft.htm).
Kraft lives in North Hollywood, California, and spends most of his free time with his daughter Marissa Kraft. Contact Kraft at writerkraft@roadrunner.com.
Photo credits:
- Photo1: Kraft speaking about Ned Wynkoop at the Washita Battlefield National Historic Site symposium (November 12, 2011) © Washita Battlefield NHS 2011.
- Photo2: Kraft and good friend Glen Williams at Mission San Xavier del Bac, south of Tucson. The mission was one of the highlights during the Arizona road trip, which also included the Geronimo/Apache exhibit at the historical society in Tucson and the Yuma Territorial Prison National Historic Site. Photo © Williams & Kraft, February 15, 2012.
- Photo3: Kraft with Cheyenne chief Gordon Yellowman © Washita Battlefield NHS 2011.
- Photo4: Road trip tracking Route 66 in Arizona, photo by Glenn Williams September 6, 2011.
- Photos5: Road trip tracking Route 66 in Arizona, photo by Glenn Williams September 5, 2011.
- Photo6: Kraft and daughter Marissa at Pompey's Pillar National Monument, Montana when the Yellowstone River overflowed its banks, photo by Linda Wald June 2011.
- Photo7: Portrait of Kraft by Steve Buffington.
- Photo8: With Southern Cheyenne Ivan Hankla (at left in his tipi at the Washita Battlefield National Historic Site) while his nephew, Jake, is at the right, December 2008 © Leroy Livesay.
Online Reviews of Kraft's NED WYNKOOP AND THE LONELY ROAD FROM SAND CREEK:
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* Wild West magazine: http://www.historynet.com/book-review-ned-wynkoop-and-the-lonely-road-from-sand-creek-by-louis-kraft.htm
* True West magazine: http://www.truewestmagazine.com/jcontent/entertainment/entertainment/book-reviews/4395-the-lonely-road
LOUIS KRAFT WRITING BIO:
--------------------------------
Louis Kraft became interested in the West in the 1970s; in particular he became interested in people who didn't speak the same language but who were able to work out their differences without killing each other. To understand these people and the land they inhabited, he immersed himself in their struggle for survival. In the mid-1980s he began writing and lecturing about them. THE FINAL SHOWDOWN (Walker and Company, 1992) explores racial relations in 1867 Kansas; CUSTER AND THE CHEYENNE: GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTER'S WINTER CAMPAIGN ON THE SOUTHERN PLAINS (Upton and Sons, 1995) follows Custer's 1868-1869 winter campaign on the Southern Plains wherein he negotiated with warring Indians and got them to end a war without further bloodshed (CUSTER AND THE CHEYENNE won the Jay D. Smith award for its contribution to the study of Custeriana over the years in June 2011); and GATEWOOD & GERONIMO (University of New Mexico Press, 2000) examines the relationship between the two pre-eminent warriors of the last Apache war. Not finished with Gatewood, Kraft pieced together and edited the lieutenant's aborted attempt to write about his years walking among the Apaches, and then Kraft wrote an additional 80,000 words--text and notes--to fill in the gaps in Gatewood's incomplete manuscript--LT. CHARLES GATEWOOD & HIS APACHE WARS MEMOIR (University of Nebraska Press, 2005). NED WYNKOOP AND THE LONELY ROAD FROM SAND CREEK (University of Oklahoma Press, 2011) examines the life of a man who dared to speak up for Indian rights during the 1860s, a time of expansionism and extreme racial prejudice on the expanding western frontier.
Although Kraft had written plays earlier in his career, he had shied away from the format until 2002 when his one-man historical drama on Cheyenne Indian agent Edward Wynkoop premiered in Kansas. It has since played in California, Colorado, and Oklahoma (AN EVENING WITH NED WYNKOOP has evolved into NED WYNKOOP: A MATTER OF CONSCIENCE and NED WYNKOOP: LONG ROAD TO WASHITA). Kraft's full-length play CHEYENNE BLOOD played for five weeks in Oxnard, California, in April and May 2009. CHEYENNE BLOOD, a two character play (Cheyenne Indian Agent Ned Wynkoop and Cheyenne woman Monahsetah), dealt with race, genocide, and humanity.
Kraft continues to research, write, and lecture about Custer, Gatewood, and Wynkoop, as well swashbuckling actor Errol Flynn. He is currently researching and writing a manuscript that deals with the people and events that led up to the tragic attack on a Southern Cheyenne and Arapaho village on Sand Creek in Colorado Territory on November 29, 1864 for the University of Oklahoma Press. Other projects include Flynn and his working relationship with actress Olivia de Havilland (ERROL & OLIVIA), a story that Kraft guarantees will be well researched and different from a multitude of Hollywood biographies that race to get in print and all too often have a total disregard for truth and are loaded with sensational prose that has little or no basis in fact.
To keep up to date with Kraft, the status on his projects, and upcoming events, as well as a glimpse of his personal life subscribe to his page or link up with him on Facebook (http://facebook.com/louis.kraft). Visit his website (http://louiskraft.com) to see information about his books, magazine articles, talks, and plays, as well as the Louis Kraft Collection (an archive that houses Kraft's work) at the Chavez History Library, the Palace of the Governors, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Although the web page is a little outdated, it will be updated soon. For an overview of Kraft's work--where he's been and where he's headed--see a recent interview by Wild West magazine (http://www.historynet.com/interview-with-author-playwright-louis-kraft.htm).
Kraft lives in North Hollywood, California, and spends most of his free time with his daughter Marissa Kraft. Contact Kraft at writerkraft@roadrunner.com.
Photo credits:
- Photo1: Kraft speaking about Ned Wynkoop at the Washita Battlefield National Historic Site symposium (November 12, 2011) © Washita Battlefield NHS 2011.
- Photo2: Kraft and good friend Glen Williams at Mission San Xavier del Bac, south of Tucson. The mission was one of the highlights during the Arizona road trip, which also included the Geronimo/Apache exhibit at the historical society in Tucson and the Yuma Territorial Prison National Historic Site. Photo © Williams & Kraft, February 15, 2012.
- Photo3: Kraft with Cheyenne chief Gordon Yellowman © Washita Battlefield NHS 2011.
- Photo4: Road trip tracking Route 66 in Arizona, photo by Glenn Williams September 6, 2011.
- Photos5: Road trip tracking Route 66 in Arizona, photo by Glenn Williams September 5, 2011.
- Photo6: Kraft and daughter Marissa at Pompey's Pillar National Monument, Montana when the Yellowstone River overflowed its banks, photo by Linda Wald June 2011.
- Photo7: Portrait of Kraft by Steve Buffington.
- Photo8: With Southern Cheyenne Ivan Hankla (at left in his tipi at the Washita Battlefield National Historic Site) while his nephew, Jake, is at the right, December 2008 © Leroy Livesay.
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Custer's 1868-1869 wnter campaign against the Cheyennes.,
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This review is from: Custer and the Cheyenne: George Armstrong Custer's Winter Campaign on the Southern Plains (Custer Trails Series) (Hardcover)
Louis Kraft's book, CUSTER AND THE CHEYENNE, deftly takes the reader through George Armstrong Custer's 1868-1869 winter campaign against the Southern Cheyennes. The manuscript begins with the events that led up to Custer's court-martial, banishment, return to active duty and the Battle of the Washita. Surprisingly, the battle marks the beginning of military operations and not the end. In this beautifully illustrated and designed book, Mr. Kraft explores the rest of the campaign in detail: mainly Custer's trek onto the Staked Plains of Texas with two regiments (Seventh U.S. Cavalry and Nineteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry) that had one goal--kill Indians. Mr. Kraft makes it clear that Custer refused to bow to his men's wishes. Instead he used good judgement and acted prudently in his dealings with the Native Americans, eventually rescuing two white women and concluding the campaign without further bloodshed.Although Custer's actions during his peaceful roundup of the recalcitrant Cheyennes are little known and certainly do not fit the general population's clichéd view of him, few will challenge Mr. Kraft's scholarship and careful citation. He mixes the finest primary sources available with Cheyenne oral tradition. Mr. Kraft's fluid and dramatic writing style breathes life into the participants, making this one of the best books ever written about the Indian wars.
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Custer not the "genocidal butcher" too often portrayed,
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Although I have some serious problems with Kraft's assertion that Custer and Meotzi were lovers (a "fact" that has never been established beyond reasonable doubt), his book does present Custer the cautious commander, *negotiating* with Indians and avoiding bloodshed with same even at the cost of some of his men's admiration.
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