Last Stand Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn

Name: Last Stand Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn
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ISBN: 9780143119609

ISBN-10: 0143119605

ISBN-13: 9780143119609

Edition: N/A

Authors: Nathaniel Philbrick

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"An engrossing, thoughtfully researched, and tautly written account of a critical chapter in American history." - Los Angeles Times With a fantastic body of work that includes In the Heart of the Seaand Pulitzer Prize finalist Mayflower, Nathaniel Philbrick has emerged as a historian with a unique ability to bring history to life. The Last Standis Philbrick's monumental reappraisal of the epochal clash at the Little Bighorn in 1876 that gave birth to the legend of Custer's Last Stand. Bringing a wealth of new information to his subject, as well as his characteristic literary flair, Philbrick details the collision between two American icons- George Armstrong Custer and Sitting Bull-that both…

Book details

List price: $18.00
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Publication date: 4/26/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 496
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



List of Maps


Preface 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


Epilogue: Libbie's House



The Seventh Cavalry on the Afternoon of June 25, 1876



Sitting Bull's Village June 25, 1876


Acknowledgments


Notes


Bibliography


Illustration Credits


Index