Praise for Saving Yellowstone "The author displays her strong commitment to including the Native presence in any account of Western history ... A readable and unfailingly interesting look at a slice of Western history from a novel point of view." -Kirkus Reviews "In Saving Yellowstone, Megan Kate Nelson has accomplished something truly pathbreaking. She has written a new history of Reconstruction, one that shows how the exploration and conquest of the American West intersected with the ill-fated attempts to establish an interracial democracy in the South. While these two strands of American history are often thought of as parallel, Nelson reveals startling new connections. A masterful storyteller, Nelson's prose is as captivating as the landscapes she describes. This book is a must-read for anyone who appreciates deep research and powerful narrative." -Carole Emberton, author of Beyond Redemption: Race, Violence, and the American South after the Civil War "Megan Kate Nelson has a remarkable ability to take an unfamiliar event and not only bring it to light, but also use it as a lens for viewing much larger and more familiar events in new ways. In Saving Yellowstone, she presents the making of the first national park as a multi-dimensional story of exploration and conflict and as a new vantage point on the meaning of Reconstruction." -Steven Hahn, author of A Nation Without Borders Praise for Megan Kate Nelson's The Three-Cornered War "Terrific... a very good telling of a story that is unknown to most Americans." -The Reconstruction Era, blog review "Engaging and unsparing... A gripping history that integrates the Southwest into broader histories of American expansion." -Booklist "Based on extensive archival research, Nelson's work expands our understanding of how the Civil War affected Indigenous peoples and helped to shape the nation. [A] nuanced portrait of the era." -Library Journal, starred "Brisk and well-sourced... American history buffs will relish this entertaining and eye-opening portrait." -Publishers Weekly "With lucid storytelling, using nine remarkable characters, Nelson reveals a chaotic, desperate struggle of Union against Confederate, Native peoples against other Native peoples, and Natives on both sides... Rarely is a Civil War book so readable and so new to our understanding." -David W. Blight, author of the Pulitzer-prize winning Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom "A gripping story, powerfully told." -Clay Risen, author of The Crowded Hour "Fast-paced and suspenseful... This history of invasions, battles, and forced migration shapes the United States to this day-and has never been told so well." -T.J. Stiles, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America "[A] bautifully written account." -James M. McPherson, author of Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era "Gripping... The Three-Cornered War brings this battle between peoples, armies, agendas, and the environment to living breathing life." -Joanne B. Freeman, author of The Field of Blood and editor of Alexander Hamilton: Writings