War and Peace

Linda Wommack’s new history of Colorado’s Indian Wars, a collection of essays on the Silver State, a tale of a Cheyenne hero, a classic Western from Michael Zimmer and a Biblical tale of the Old West. American historians over the past half-century have grappled with the complexities of writing local, state, regional and national history. Most will choose to do one or two when writing as intricate a book as From Sand Creek to Summit Springs: Colorado’s Indian Wars (Caxton Press, $25.95) by