Lance and the Shield : The Life and Times of an American Patriot

by UTLEY, ROBERT

• ISBN13: 9780345389381
• ISBN10: 0345389387
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 1994-08-01
• Publisher: Ballantine Books

Summary

"His narrative is griping....Mr. Utley transforms Sitting Bull, the abstract, romanticized icon and symbol, into a flesh-and-blood person with a down-to-earth story....THE LANCE AND THE SHIELD clears the screen of the exaggerations and fantasies long directed at the name of Sitting Bull." THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW Reviled by the United States government as a troublemaker and a coward, revered by his people as a great warrior chief, Sitting Bull has long been one of the most fascinating and misunderstood figures in American history. Now, distinguished historian Robert M. Utley has forged a compelling new portrait of Sitting Bull, viewing the man from the Lakota perspective for the very first time to render the most unbiased and historically accurate biography of Sitting Buil to date. WINNER OF THE SPUR AWARD FOR BEST WESTERN NONFICTION HISTORICAL BOOK OF 1993 A MAIN SELECTIN OF THE HISTORY BOOK CLUB A FEATURED ALTERNATE SELECTION OF THE QUALITY PAPERBACK BOOK CLUB

Table of Contents

Preface	xv
Prologue	1	(2)
Youth	3	(11)
Warrior	14	(12)
Wichasha Wakan	26	(12)
Wasichus	38	(13)
Long Knives	51	(14)
Lance	65	(11)
Head Chief	76	(14)
Shield	90	(16)
Wasichus on Elk River	106	(16)
War	122	(9)
Soldiers Upside Down	131	(14)
Long Hair	145	(20)
Bear Coat	165	(9)
Winter of Despair	174	(9)
Long Lance	183	(16)
Pte	199	(12)
Fort Buford	211	(14)
Jean Louis	225	(9)
Prisoner of War	234	(14)
Standing Rock	248	(12)
The World Beyond	260	(8)
Land	268	(13)
Messiah	281	(10)
Death	291	(17)
Epilogue	308	(7)
Acknowledgments	315	(2)
Sources	317	(16)
Notes	333	(66)
Index	399