Crazy Horse and Custer: The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors - Softcover

Ambrose, Stephen E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0452008026 ISBN 13: 9780452008021

Publisher: Plume, 1986

Synopsis

The full story of what led Crazy Horse and Custer to that fateful day at the Little Bighorn, from bestselling historian Stephen E. Ambrose.

On the sparkling morning of June 25, 1876, 611 U.S. Army soldiers 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 of the Seventh Cavalry. Both were men of aggression and supreme courage. Both had become leaders in their societies at very early ages; both had been stripped of power, and in disgrace had 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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Review

" 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"

"Movingly told and well written . . . a finecontribution, one that will be read with pleasure andadmiration by general reader, student and scholaralike. Ambrose has breathed new life into thefamiliar facts."--LibraryJournal
"An epic and accurate retellingof one of our country's most tragicperiods."--Baltimore Sun"

"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

About the Author

Stephen E. Ambrose was the author or co-author of more than thirty books on military affairs and foreign policy. Early in his career he was an associate editor of The Eisenhower Papers, and he later went on to publish the definitive, three-part biography of Eisenhower, as well as many bestselling books of military history, including Band of Brothers and Undaunted Courage. He died in 2002.

Edition details

• Publisher: Plume
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0452008026
• ISBN 13: 9780452008021
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English