Son of the Morning Star

Connell, Evan S. 1924- (Author).

Summary: Retelling of the legendary Battle of Little Bighorn, the meeting of Gen. George Armstrong Custer and Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse. Told from both the soldiers' and Indians' viewpoint, the battle proved to be the beginning of the end for the American Indians and their way of life. Tells the story of General George Armstrong Custer's Seventh Cavalry at the Battle of the Little Bighorn and explores the personalities of Custer and the other federal and Indian leaders. Discusses the Battle of the Little Big Horn, the federal and Indian antagonists, and of the battle's place in the context of the Plains Indian Wars.

Record details

ISBN: 0060970030 (pbk.) :
ISBN: 9780060970031 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
441 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Edition: 1st Perennial Library ed.
Publisher: New York : Harper & Row, 1985, c1984.