Military Book Review John Finerty Reports the Sioux War
by John Finerty, edited by Paul L. Hedren Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2020. Pp. xviii, 302+. Illus., map, append., notes, biblio., index. $34.95. ISBN: 0806165057 Reporting from the Saddle Irish immigrant John Finerty (1846-1908), landed in the United States in time to see some service in the Civil War. Postwar, he became a newspaper reporter, and in 1876 he covered the “Great Sioux War” for the Chicago Times. Accompanying Brig. Gen. George Crook’s main column, he was often involved in fire fights, though missing the Little Big Horn. In 1890 Finer...
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