David J. Wishart is a professor of geography at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He is the author of The Fur Trade of the American West, 1807–1840: A Geographical Synthesis (Nebraska 1979).
"An even-handed, elegantly presented and thoroughly researched
example of the sort of work historical geographers need to be
doing."—Journal of Historical Geography
"A valuable and meticulous study."—London Times Literary
Supplement
"No serious student of Indian history or Indian-white history can
overlook this singular book, a readable, thoroughly documented
history of the Indians of Nebraska—Pawnee, Otoe, Missouria, Ponca,
and Omaha. . . . David Wishart has given readers what I regard as
one of the best histories of the American Indians ever written. . .
I find Wishart’s work exceptionally meritorious in the
field."—Wilbur R. Jacobs, Journal of American History
"A well-written and authoritative work." —Francis Paul Prucha,
Great Plains Quarterly
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