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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.
Table of Contents:
  • Custer's smile
  • At the flood
  • The dream
  • Hard ass
  • The dance
  • The scout
  • The blue pencil line
  • The approach
  • The crow's nest
  • Into the valley
  • Reno's charge
  • To the hill
  • Still point
  • The forsaken
  • Grazing his horses
  • The last stand
  • The river of nightmares
  • Libbie's house.