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The last stand : Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn /

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In this riveting narrative, celebrated historian Nathaniel Philbrick reveals Custer and Sitting Bull as never before, creating an unforgettable portrait of two leaders as they embarked on a collision course that reached its violent climax on a lonely rise now known as Last Stand Hill.--publisher...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Philbrick, Nathaniel (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Penguin Books, 2011.
Subjects:
Custer, George A. > (George Armstrong), > 1839-1876.
Sitting Bull, > 1831-1890.
Custer, George A., > 1839-1876 > (George Armstrong)
Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876.
Black Hills War, 1876-1877.
Bataille de Little Bighorn, Mont., 1876.
Guerre des Black Hills, 1876-1877.
Montana.
Dakota Indians > Wars, 1876.
Dakota Indians > Wars.
1876-1877
Nonfiction.
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Summary:In this riveting narrative, celebrated historian Nathaniel Philbrick reveals Custer and Sitting Bull as never before, creating an unforgettable portrait of two leaders as they embarked on a collision course that reached its violent climax on a lonely rise now known as Last Stand Hill.--publisher's description.
Physical Description:xxii, 466 pages, [40] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 21 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-446) and index.
ISBN:9780143119609
0143119605
9780670021727
0670021725