The War of the Mormon Cow: The Dramatic Tale of Black Robe Woman and Crazy Horse, In Their Youth

"The War of the Mormon Cow" is a riveting YA novel that dramatizes the 1854 Grattan Massacre, tracing how a naive Mormon's error sparked a conflict. Following young Crazy Horse, a Black Robe woman, and others, it explores the shift of Great Plains Indians from warriors to reservation life amidst an embattled western army. Based on thorough research and consultation with the Lakota, the story is presented in a compelling, firsthand style narrative, beautifully complemented by Ken Mundie's sketchbook-style illustrations. It offers an immersive glimpse into a pivotal, treaty-violating historical moment leading to Conquering Bear's death.

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About the Author: Richard Jepperson
"Illustrations are the key to communications in a multi-cultural society."

Richard Jepperson developed and promulgated this theme in his lecture series as a professor of Communications (1991-1998) at California State Polytechnic University ("Cal-Poly") at Pomona, California. Eighty percent of the students in his classes were "ESL"

Jepperson holds a bachelor's degree in Management Science from Westminster College in Salt Lake City and an MBA in Telecommunications Management from Golden Gate University in San Francisco. But it was his fascination with the history of the Sioux, inspired by his association with tribal members while consulting on technical developments and teaching at the Standing Rock Sioux reservation, at Fort Yates, North Dakota, that sparked Jepperson to write The Crazy Horse Chronicles, a trilogy.

Imagine experiencing history first hand, as if side by side with those that lived it! Each story is well researched, even taken from the diaries of the actual characters in the book.
The War of the Mormon Cow is a powerful tale of how a small mistake by a naive Mormon unleashed a chain of events that lead to war. The story is based in an incident that occurred in 1854 referred to as "The Grattan Massacre."

The story follows a young Crazy Horse and Black Robe woman and many other individuals that were present at the time.

The book is intended for Young Adults and although many of the details are fictionalized, the book is based on extensive research and consultation with the Lakota people and closely follows the actual historical events.

The text is written in the style and meter of the language as if you are hearing the story first hand and is beautifully illustrated by Ken Mundie in a sketchbook-style that is reminiscent of the traveling artist/writers of the 18th and 19th centuries, giving the impression that he was present to capture the characters and events on paper as they were happening.

It is during this period that the Great Plains Indians go from their established traditions as great warrior nations to being defeated and confined to reservations.

An undersupplied western army struggled to keep things under control as the nation's focus turned to the Civil War.

The incident was important in the history that follows, it was viewed as a violation of the Laramie Treaty of 1851 and also resulted in the death of Conquering Bear who had signed the treaty.

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