Yellowstone Denied: The Life of Gustavus Cheyney Doane

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Frontier soldier and explorer extraordinaire, Gustavus Cheyney Doane was once no stranger to historical events. Between 1863 and 1892, he fought in the Civil War, participated in each major Indian battle in Montana Territory, and led the first scientific reconnaissance into the Yellowstone country—his report on that expedition even contributed to the establishment of Yellowstone National Park. Doane was once all the time close to being at the right place at the right time to safe lasting fame, yet that fame all the time eluded him, even after his death. Kim Allen Scott rescues Doane from obscurity to tell the tale of an educated and inventive man who strove in vain for recognition all the way through his life.

Yellowstone Denied is a psychological portrait of a complex and intriguing individual. All over his thirty years in uniform, Doane nearly achieved the celebrity he sought, but twists of fate and, now and then, his own questionable behavior denied it after all. Scott’s critical biography now examines the man’s accomplishments and screw ups alike, and traces the frustrated efforts of Doane’s widow to see her husband properly enshrined in history.

Yellowstone Denied could also be a revealing look at military culture, scientific discovery, and western expansion, and it gives Doane the credit long denied him.

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