ISBN The Civil War in the American West, Livre broché, 288 pages

Alvin M. Josephy, Jr., a leading historian of the American West, was the author of many award-winning books, including  The Patriot Chiefs,  The Indian Heritage of America,  Now That the Buffalo's Gone,  The Civil War in the American West,  500 Nations, and  A Walk Toward Oregon. He was a vice president and editor of  American Heritage magazine, the founding chairman of the board of trustees of the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian, and president of the Western History Association. Josephy died in the fall of 2005.