Killing Custer
The Battle of the Little Bighorn and the Fate of the Plains Indians
WW Norton & Co (Publisher)
Published on 17. October 1994
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-0-393-03657-2 (ISBN)
Description
General George Custer's ill-fated attack on a huge encampment of Plains Indians on 25th June, 1876, has gone down as one of the most disastrouos defeats in American military history. Much less understood is how disastroous the encounter was for the "victors", the Sioux and the Cheyenne under the leadership of Sitting Bull. Within 15 years no American Indians resided outside reservations and their ancient culture lay in ruins. This text recreates the events from the Indian perspective, relating the pride and desperation of a people systematically stripped of their treaty rights, hounded from their ancestral hunting grounds and herded into wretched reservations. Their final showdown with thousands of warriors against Custer's small force was, therefore, not least a "last stand", a final celebration of their waning power and freedom.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 165 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
685 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-393-03657-2 (9780393036572)
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