Crazy Horse

by McMurtry, Larry

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Legends cloud the life of Crazy Horse, a seminal figure of American history but an enigma even to his own people in his own day. This ... biography looks back across more than one hundred and twenty years at the life and death of this great Sioux warrior who became a reluctant leader at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. [In this book, the author] animates the character of this remarkable figure, whose betrayal by white representatives of the U.S. government was a tragic turning point in the his…

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  • Full title :Crazy Horse / Larry McMurtry.

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Legends cloud the life of Crazy Horse, a seminal figure of American history but an enigma even to his own people in his own day. This ... biography looks back across more than one hundred and twenty years at the life and death of this great Sioux warrior who became a reluctant leader at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. [In this book, the author] animates the character of this remarkable figure, whose betrayal by white representatives of the U.S. government was a tragic turning point in the history of the West. A mythic figure puzzled over by generations of historians, Crazy Horse emerges from [the author's] portrait as the poignant hero of a long-since-vanished epoch.-Dust jacket.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2003.

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Notes

Originally published: New York : Viking, ©1999.

"A Lipper/Viking book."

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 audio disc ; : 4 3/4 in.

Edition Identifiers

  • oclc:ocm51551870
  • Dewey Decimal:978.0497520092

Subjects

Biographies Crazy Horse Indians of North America -- Biography Oglala (Indiens) -- Biographies Oglala Indians Oglala Indians -- Biography

Writers

McMurtry, Larry

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