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The Last Stand Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn / Nathaniel Philbrick.

Summary:

In this riveting narrative, celebrated historian Nathaniel Philbrick reveals Custer and Sitting Bull as never before, creating an unforgettable portrait of two leaders as they embarked on a collision course that reached its violent climax on a lonely rise now known as Last Stand Hill.--publisher's description

Record details

  • ISBN: 0143119605
  • ISBN: 9780143119609 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 0143119605 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 9780670021727 (hc)
  • ISBN: 0670021725 (hc)
  • Physical Description: xxii, 466 pages [40] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 21 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Penguin Books, 2011, c2010.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 419-446) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Custer's smile -- At the flood -- The dream -- Hard ass -- The dance -- The scout -- The blue pencil line -- The approach -- The crow's nest -- Into the valley -- Reno's charge -- To the hill -- Still point -- The forsaken -- Grazing his horses -- The last stand -- The river of nightmares -- Libbie's house.
Subject:
Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876.
Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876.
Sitting Bull, 1831-1890.
Dakota Indians > Wars, 1876.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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Summary: In this riveting narrative, celebrated historian Nathaniel Philbrick reveals Custer and Sitting Bull as never before, creating an unforgettable portrait of two leaders as they embarked on a collision course that reached its violent climax on a lonely rise now known as Last Stand Hill.--publisher's description