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

Philbrick, Nathaniel

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9781594134661: The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1594134669 ISBN 13: 9781594134661

Publisher: Large Print Pr, 2011

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In his tightly structured narrative Nathaniel Philbrick brilliantly sketches the two larger-than-life antagonists: Sitting Bull whose charisma and political savvy earned him the position of leader of the Plains Indians and George Armstrong Custer one of the Union's greatest cavalry officers and a man with a reputation for fearless and often reckless courage.

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Review:

Praise for "Mayflower," finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in History
"Vivid and remarkably fresh...Philbrick has recast the Pilgrims for our age of searching and turmoil."
"The New York Times Book Review"
"A signal achievement. Philbrick enlightens and even astounds."
Salon.com
Praise for "Sea of Glory," winner of the Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt Naval History Prize
"Brilliantly told...has to be among the best nonfiction books of this or any other year."
"Los Angeles Time Book Review"
"A breathtaking account of one of history's greatest adventures."
"Entertainment Weekly""

"An engrossing, thoughtfully researched, and tautly written account of a critical chapter ni American history."
--Los Angeles Times

"An evocative and cinematic narrative."
--The New York Times

"A carefully historical account that is also a ripping good yarn."
--The Wall Street Journal

Praise for Mayflower, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in History

"Vivid and remarkably fresh...Philbrick has recast the Pilgrims for our age of searching and turmoil."
--The New York Times Book Review

"A signal achievement. Philbrick enlightens and even astounds."
--Salon.com

Praise for Sea of Glory, winner of the Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt Naval History Prize

"Brilliantly told...has to be among the best nonfiction books of this or any other year."
--Los Angeles Time Book Review

"A breathtaking account of one of history's greatest adventures."
--Entertainment Weekly

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Book Description:

The ultimate mythic story of the American West: the story of the Battle of the Little Bighorn, Sitting Bull's victory and General Custer's famous last stand - featuring remarkable new archival discoveries

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