The Day the World Ended at Little Bighorn

A Lakota History

Penguin Books (May 27, 2008)

9780143113690

| Trade Paperback

288 pages | 127 x 196 mm | USA | English

$ 18.00 | Value: $ 18.00

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Dewey 909

Genre

History

Subject

American History
American Indians
American West
Battle of Little Bighorn/Greasy Grass Fight (1876)
Cheyenne Nation (Tsistsistas)
Crazy Horse (Tȟašúŋke Witkó)
Great Sioux War, 1876-77
Indigenous history
Lakota Nation
Ninteenth Century (1800s)
Sitting Bull (Tȟatȟáŋka Íyotake)
State of Montana, 1889-

Plot

The author of The Journey of Crazy Horse presents a legendary battle through the eyes of the Lakota The saga of Custers Last Stand has become ingrained in the lore of the American West, and the key playersCrazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and George Armstrong Custerhave grown to larger-than-life proportions. Now, award-winning historian Joseph M. Marshall presents the revisionist view of the Battle of the Little Bighorn that has been available only in the Lakota oral tradition. Drawing on this rich source of storytelling, Marshall uncovers what really took place at the Little Big Horn and provides fresh insight into the significance of that bloody day.