Peter Cozzens

Peter Cozzens is the author of "Deadwood" and 18 other acclaimed books on the American Civil War, Indigenous history, and the American West. Cozzens is the recipient of the American Foreign Service Association's highest honor, the William R. Rivkin Award, given annually for exemplary moral courage, integrity, and creative dissent. His "The Earth is Weeping: The Epic Story of the Indian Wars of the America West" was selected by Smithsonian as one of the greatest military books ever written.

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Awards: WWA Spur Award; Caroline Bancroft History Prize; winner Gilder Lehrman Military History Prize

Communities: Military Veteran

Books:

Deadwood

Gold, Guns, and Greed in the American West
History / Biography
Random House
August 2025
ISBN 9780593537855
Hardcover, 432 pages

The Earth is Weeping

The Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West
History / Biography
Alfred A. Knopf
January 2017
ISBN 9780307948182
Paperback, 544 pages