Crazy Horse
In this volume in the "Lives" series, Larry McMurtry, Pulitzer Prize winning novelist of the American West, offers a vibrant examination of the West's great tragic hero, Crazy Horse. A Sioux warrior, Crazy Horse encapsulated the Native American tragedy and the death of the untamed West.
In this volume in the "Lives" series, Larry McMurtry, Pulitzer Prize winning novelist of the American West, offers a vibrant examination of the West's great tragic hero, Crazy Horse. A Sioux warrior, Crazy Horse encapsulated the Native American tragedy and the death of the untamed West.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780786219018 (0786219017)
Publish date: May 1st 1999
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Pages no: 180
Edition language: English
I picked up this book while at the library. I haven't done much reading about Crazy Horse, although I've heard of him and only know a bit about him. Although there is only so much known about him, I found this book very interesting and did a good job covering what is known of his life. I thought the...
Unabridged, 1999Legends cloud the life of Crazy Horse (ca. 1842-1877), a seminal figure in American history but an enigma even to his own people in his own day. This superb biography looks back across more than one hundred and twenty years at the life and death of this great Oglala Sioux warrior wh...