Description |
xxii, 466 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-446) and index. |
Contents |
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 -- Appendix A: The seventh cavalry on the afternoon of June 25, 1876 -- Appendix B: Sitting Bull's village on June 25, 1876.. |
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. |
Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR UG 8.9 23.0 138175. |
Subject |
Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876.
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Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876.
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Sitting Bull, 1831-1890.
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Black Hills War, 1876-1877.
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ISBN |
9780670021727 |
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0670021725 |
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