Crazy
Horse and Custer: The Parallel Lives of Two
American Warriors
by Stephen E. Ambrose
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A dual portrait of the leader of the Oglala
Sioux and the general of the U.S. Seventh Cavalry
in 1876. The book cites the battle of June 25th
and chronicles the sometimes striking similiarities
of the lives of both men.
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On the sparkling morning of June 25, 1876, 611
men of the United States 7th Cavalry rode toward
the banks of the Little Bighorn in the Montana
Territory, where 3,000 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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Publishers Weekly
Military
historian Ambrose examines the connections
between the Indian chief and the cavalry
officer who fought at Little Bighorn.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information,
Inc.
Ingram
A dual portrait of the leader of the Oglala
Sioux and the general of the U.S. Seventh
Cavalry in 1876 cites the battle of June
25 and chronicles the sometimes striking
similarities in the lives of both men.
Reprint. LJ.
"Movingly
told and well written . . . a fine contribution,
one that will be read with pleasure and
admiration by general reader, student
and scholar alike. Ambrose has breathed
new life into the familiar facts."--Library
Journal
"An
epic and accurate retelling of one of
our country's most tragic periods."--Baltimore
Sun
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the Back Cover
"Movingly told and well written .
. . a fine contribution, one that will
be read with pleasure and admiration by
general reader, student and scholar alike.
Ambrose has breathed new life into the
familiar facts."--Library Journal
"An
epic and accurate retelling of one of
our country's most tragic periods."--Baltimore
Sun
Author
Stephen
E. Ambrose is the author of numerous books,
including the New York Times bestseller
D-Day and multivolume biographies of Dwight
D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon. He is
the founder of the Eisenhower Center and
of the National D-Day Museum in New Orleans.
He lives in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi,
and Helena, Montana. |
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Chapter
One
The Setting and the People: The Great Plains
"As
far as the eye could reach the country seemed
blackened by innumerable herds [of buffalo]."
Captain Benjamin Bonneville, 1832
"Indians
are so excessively indolent and lazy, they would
rather starve a week than work a day."
James Mackay, 1835
The
Great Plains of North America, on a cloudless
day, stretch out forever under an infinity of
bright blue sky. During the violence of a tornado
or a snowstorm, however, the vision is limited
to the length of an arm. The Plains can be hot,
dusty, brown, flat, and unfit for life; they
can be delightfully cool, abundantly watered,
a dozen shades of green, marvelously varied
in appearance, ranging from near mountains to
level valleys, and hospitable to all forms of
life. |
