Collines Noires
ISBN:
9782221122655
Publish date: October 17th 2013
Publisher: Robert Laffont
Pages no: 523
Edition language: French
** spoiler alert ** Paha Sapa was just a young boy when the battle of the Little Big Horn took place. When he placed his hands on the lifeless body of General Custer, the spirit of the man flowed into the boy. As his life moves on and the times begin to change, he becomes a powderman on the Mount Ru...
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