A New York Times bestseller from the author of Band of Brothers: The biography of two fighters forever linked by history and the battle at Little Bighorn.
On the sparkling morning of June 25, 1876, 611 men of the United States 7th Cavalry rode toward the banks of Little Bighorn in the Montana Territory, where three thousand Indians stood waiting for battle. The lives of two great…
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Author : Stephen E. Ambrose
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Summary : On June 25, 1876, 611 men of the United States 7th Cavalry rode towards the banks of the Little Bighorn where three thousand Indians stood waiting for battle. The lives of two great war leaders would soon become forever linked: Crazy Horse, leader of the Oglala Sioux, and General George Armstrong Custer. This masterly dual biography tells the epic story of the lives of these two men: both were fighters of legendary daring, both became honoured leaders in their societies when still astonishingly young, and both died when close to the supreme political heights. Yet they - like the nations they represented - were as different as day and night. Custer had won his spurs in the American Civil War; his watchword was 'To promotion - or death!' and his restless ambition characterized a white nation in search of expansion and progress. Crazy Horse fought for a nomadic way of life fast yielding before the buffalo-hunters and the incursions of the white man. The Great Plains of North America provided the stage - and the prize.
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Author : Stephen E. Ambrose
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Summary : A New York Times bestseller from the author of Band of Brothers: The biography of two fighters forever linked by history and the battle at Little Bighorn. On the sparkling morning of June 25, 1876, 611 men of the United States 7th Cavalry rode toward the banks of Little Bighorn in the Montana Territory, where three thousand Indians stood waiting for battle. The lives of two great warriors would soon be forever linked throughout history: Crazy Horse, leader of the Oglala Sioux, and General George Armstrong Custer. Both were men of aggression and supreme courage. Both became leaders in their societies at very early ages. Both were stripped of power, in disgrace, and worked to earn back the respect of their people. And to both of them, the unspoiled grandeur of the Great Plains of North America was an irresistible challenge. Their parallel lives would pave the way, in a manner unknown to either, for an inevitable clash between two nations fighting for possession of the open prairie.
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Author : S. D. Nelson
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
Summary : With photographs and stunning illustrations from acclaimed author-artist S.D. Nelson, this thrilling double biography juxtaposes the lives of two enemies whose conflict changed American history: Crazy Horse and George Custer In 1876, Lakota chief Crazy Horse helped lead his people’s resistance against the white man’s invasion of the northern Great Plains. One of the leaders of the US military forces was Army Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer. The men had long been enemies. At the height of the war, when tribalism had reached its peak, they crossed paths for the last time. In this action-packed double biography, S. D. Nelson draws fascinating parallels between Crazy Horse and Custer, whose lives were intertwined. These warriors were alike in many ways, yet they often collided in deadly rivalry. Witness reports and reflections by their peers and enemies accompany side-by-side storytelling that offers very different perspectives on the same historical events. The two men’s opposing destinies culminated in the infamous Battle of the Greasy Grass, as the Lakota called it, or the Battle of the Little Bighorn, as it was called by the Euro-Americans. In Crazy Horse and Custer, Nelson’s gripping narrative and signature illustration style based on Plains Indians ledger art, along with a mix of period photographs and paintings, shines light on two men whose conflict forever changed Lakota and US history. The book includes an author’s note, timeline, endnotes, and bibliography.
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Author : Milkyway Media
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Summary : Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 The Great Plains of North America stretch from the Mexican border to the Canadian frontier. They are semiarid and essentially treeless. They can be a delight for life, or a misery, depending on the weather. #2 The Plains are a windy environment, and the animals that live there are accustomed to it. The climate is healthy and invigorating, and the grass is abundant. The buffalo provided an apparently inexhaustible meat supply. #3 The horse was introduced to the Americas by the Spanish, and within a few decades was in use by the tribes of the southern Plains. The Indians enjoyed the horses, and when they acquired a gray or brown horse, the first thing they did was to paint the skin. #4 The horse was another white man’s innovation that the Plains Indians were able to take advantage of. The gun gave the eastern tribes great advantages over their western neighbors, and the Sioux were the only Indian nation to defeat the United States in war and force it to sign a peace treaty favorable to the red man.
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Author : Everest Media,
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Summary : Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The Great Plains of North America stretch from the Mexican border to the Canadian frontier. They are semiarid and essentially treeless. They can be a delight for life, or a misery, depending on the weather. #2 The Plains are a windy environment, and the animals that live there are accustomed to it. The climate is healthy and invigorating, and the grass is abundant. The buffalo provided an apparently inexhaustible meat supply. #3 The horse was introduced to the Americas by the Spanish, and within a few decades was in use by the tribes of the southern Plains. The Indians enjoyed the horses, and when they acquired a gray or brown horse, the first thing they did was to paint the skin. #4 The horse was another white man’s innovation that the Plains Indians were able to take advantage of. The gun gave the eastern tribes great advantages over their western neighbors, and the Sioux were the only Indian nation to defeat the United States in war and force it to sign a peace treaty favorable to the red man.
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Author : Stephen E. Ambrose
Genre : Dakota Indians
Summary : On June 25, 1876, 611 men of the United States 7th Cavalry rode towards the banks of the Little Bighorn where three thousand Indians stood waiting for battle. The lives of two great war leaders would soon become forever linked: Crazy Horse, leader of the Oglala Sioux, and General George Armstrong Custer. This masterly dual biography tells the epic story of the lives of these two men: both were fighters of legendary daring, both became honoured leaders in their societies when still astonishingly young, and both died when close to the supreme political heights. Yet they - like the nations they represented - were as different as day and night. Custer had won his spurs in the American Civil War; his watchword was 'To promotion - or death!' and his restless ambition characterized a white nation in search of expansion and progress. Crazy Horse fought for a nomadic way of life fast yielding before the buffalo-hunters and the incursions of the white man. The Great Plains of North America provided the stage - and the prize.
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Author : Kingsley M. Bray
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Summary : Crazy Horse was as much feared by tribal foes as he was honored by allies. His war record was unmatched by any of his peers, and his rout of Custer at the Little Bighorn reverberates through history. Yet so much about him is unknown or steeped in legend. Crazy Horse: A Lakota Life corrects older, idealized accounts—and draws on a greater variety of sources than other recent biographies—to expose the real Crazy Horse: not the brash Sioux warrior we have come to expect but a modest, reflective man whose courage was anchored in Lakota piety. Kingsley M. Bray has plumbed interviews of Crazy Horse’s contemporaries and consulted modern Lakotas to fill in vital details of Crazy Horse’s inner and public life. Bray places Crazy Horse within the rich context of the nineteenth-century Lakota world. He reassesses the war chief’s achievements in numerous battles and retraces the tragic sequence of misunderstandings, betrayals, and misjudgments that led to his death. Bray also explores the private tragedies that marred Crazy Horse’s childhood and the network of relationships that shaped his adult life. To this day, Crazy Horse remains a compelling symbol of resistance for modern Lakotas. Crazy Horse: A Lakota Life is a singular achievement, scholarly and authoritative, offering a complete portrait of the man and a fuller understanding of his place in American Indian and United States history.