The Last Stand Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn

by Philbrick, Nathaniel

• ISBN13: 9780143119609
• ISBN10: 0143119605
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-04-26
• Publisher: Penguin Books

Summary

"An engrossing, thoughtfully researched, and tautly written account of a critical chapter in American history." - Los Angeles Times With a fantastic body of work that includes In the Heart of the Seaand Pulitzer Prize finalist Mayflower, Nathaniel Philbrick has emerged as a historian with a unique ability to bring history to life. The Last Standis Philbrick's monumental reappraisal of the epochal clash at the Little Bighorn in 1876 that gave birth to the legend of Custer's Last Stand. Bringing a wealth of new information to his subject, as well as his characteristic literary flair, Philbrick details the collision between two American icons- George Armstrong Custer and Sitting Bull-that both parties wished to avoid, and brilliantly explains how the battle that ensued has been shaped and reshaped by national myth.

Author Biography

Nathaniel Philbrick is the bestselling author of Mayflower, In the Heart of the Sea and Sea of Glory. He lives in Nantucket.

Table of Contents

List of Maps	p. xiii
Preface Custer's Smile	p. xv
At the Flood	p. 1
The Dream	p. 27
Hard Ass	p. 36
The Dance	p. 53
The Scout	p. 71
The Blue Pencil Line	p. 88
The Approach	p. 109
The Crow's Nest	p. 128
Into the Valley	p. 151
Reno's Charge	p. 166
To the Hill	p. 188
Still Point	p. 206
The Forsaken	p. 220
Grazing His Horses	p. 237
The Last Stand	p. 257
The River of Nightmares	p. 280
Epilogue: Libbie's House	p. 304
The Seventh Cavalry on the Afternoon of June 25, 1876	p. 313
Sitting Bull's Village June 25, 1876	p. 317
Acknowledgments	p. 321
Notes	p. 325
Bibliography	p. 419
Illustration Credits	p. 447
Index	p. 449
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