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The last stand : Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn Cover Image Book

The last stand : Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn / Nathaniel Philbrick.

Philbrick, Nathaniel. (Author).

Summary:

Draws on native testimony, archaeological evidence, and firsthand observations of the battlefield to examine facts and myths about the Battle of Little Bighorn and provide an account of the final days of the battle between George Armstrong Custer's battalion and the warriors of Sitting Bull's village.

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  • ISBN: 9780670021727
  • ISBN: 0670021725
  • Physical Description: xxii, 466 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Viking, 2010.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-446) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Citation/References Note:
Kirkus Starred
Library Journal Starred
Pub Weekly
Booklist, March 2010
Kirkus Starred, February 2010
Library Journal Starred, April 2010
Pub Weekly, February 2010
Target Audience Note:
Adult
Adult Follett Library Resources
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR UG 8.9 23 138175.

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Subject:
Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876.
Sitting Bull, 1831-1890.
Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876.
Black Hills War, 1876-1877.
Dakota Indians > Wars.

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