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Crazy Horse and Custer, the parallel lives of two American warriors, by Stephen E. Ambrose ; illustrated by Kenneth Francis Dewey

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Crazy Horse and Custer, the parallel lives of two American warriors, by Stephen E. Ambrose ; illustrated by Kenneth Francis Dewey

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 473-476) and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Crazy Horse and Custer

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1504663

Responsibility statement

by Stephen E. Ambrose ; illustrated by Kenneth Francis Dewey

Sub title

the parallel lives of two American warriors

Summary

This exciting dual biography tells the epic story of the lives of these two men: parallel lives that paved the way, in a manner unknown to either, for an inevitable clash between two nations -- one red, one white -- fighting for possession of the open prairie

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Part One -- The setting and the people: the Great Plains -- The setting and the people: Ohio -- "Curly" -- Curly's vision -- Autie -- Custer at West Point -- Custer and Crazy Horse on the eve of manhood -- Part Two -- War and love among the Oglalas -- Guerrilla warfare, Indian style -- War and love among the Americans -- The boy general and the glorious war -- Crazy Horse and Custer as young warriors -- Part Three -- Crazy Horse and the Fort Phil Kearny battle -- Custer comes to the plains -- A summer on the plains: 1867 -- The Treaty of 1868 and the battle of the Washita -- Truce on the high plains, 1869-73 -- Part Four -- Crazy Horse and Custer on the Yellowstone, 1873 -- The panic of 1873 and the Black Hills expedition of 1874 -- Politics: red and white -- Crazy Horse fights on the Rosebud while Custer closes in -- The battle of the Little Bighorn -- The death of Crazy Horse -- What happened to the others

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