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Custer, George A. (George Armstrong) 1839-1876 Custer, George Armstrong 1839-1876 Dakota Indians Wars, 1876 Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876 Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876 Personal narratives Oglala Indians Government relations Oglala Indians Kings and rulers Biography Oglala Indians Wars Sitting Bull 1831-1890 United States. Army. Cavalry, 7th BiographyStiles, T. J.
Summary: A new biography of Gen. George Armstrong Custer that radically changes our view of the man and his turbulent times. Historian T. J. Stiles paints a portrait of Custer both deeply personal and sweeping in scope, proving how much of Custer's legacy has been ignored. He demolishes Custer's historical caricature, revealing a volatile, contradictory, intense person--capable yet insecure, intelligent...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CUSTER, GEORGE STIPhilbrick, Nathaniel.
Summary: Little Bighorn and Custer are names synonymous in the American imagination with unmatched bravery and spectacular defeat. Mythologized as Custer's Last Stand, the June 1876 battle was also, even in victory, the last stand for the Sioux and Cheyenne Indian nations. The author sketches in details about the two larger-than-life antagonists: Sitting Bull, and George Armstrong Custer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Pub. 2010
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 973.82 PHIMichno, Gregory
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mountain Press Pub. 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.82 MICSklenar, Larry
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Oklahoma Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.82 SKLPhilbrick, Nathaniel.
Summary: The bestselling author of "Mayflower" sheds new light on one of the iconic stories of the American West, reminding readers that the Battle of the Little Bighorn was also, even in victory, the last stand for the Sioux and Cheyenne Indian nations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.8 PHIMarshall, Joseph
Summary: A Lakota historian and storyteller offers a portrait of Crazy Horse, the era in which he lived, and his legacy, drawing on his own culture's oral tradition and firsthand research to capture diverse aspects of Crazy Horse's life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CRAZY HORSE MARKoster, John P.
Summary: Was Frank Finkel a survivor of the Battle of the Little Bighorn? Koster presents evidence that he believes supports Finkel's claim to have been the Second Sergeant of C Company, and chronicles Finkel's escape, ordeals, and the subsequent years of his successful life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronology Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.82 FINKEL, FRANK KOSMarcovitz, Hal.
Summary: The life of the Civil War general whose controversial fame rests chiefly on the disaster at the Little Big Horn in 1876.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea House Publishers 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CUSTaylor, William O.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.82 TAYBray, Kingsley M.
Summary: Crazy Horse was as much feared by tribal foes as he was honored by allies. His war record was unmatched, and his rout of Custer at the Little Bighorn reverberates through history. Yet so much about him is unknown or steeped in legend. This book corrects older, idealized accounts, and draws on a greater variety of sources than other recent biographies, to show the real Crazy Horse: not the brash...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Oklahoma 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 978 BRAMarshall, Joseph
Summary: An account of the legendary battle, told from a Lakota perspective, documents key Lakota oral traditions to reveal the nuanced complexities that led up to and followed the conflict.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.8 MARSlotkin, Richard
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum 1985