The Day the World Ended at Little Bighorn: A Lakota HistoryPenguin, 10 de maig 2007 - 288 pàgines The author of The Journey of Crazy Horse presents a legendary battle through the eyes of the Lakota The saga of Custer's Last Stand, has become ingrained in the lore of the American West, and the key players Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and George Armstrong Custer have 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. |
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To and From | |
The Greatest Gathering Ever | |
In the Beginning | |
Grandmother | |
Leading the | |
Follow | |
They Took the | |
The Aftermath Begins | |
Into the Shadows | |
FOURTEEN At Wounded Knee | |
Possibilities | |
New Ways New Words | |
The Conquerors Mentality | |
The Twentieth Century | |
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