The Last Stand ~ Philbrick

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From the western research/reference library of Jerry Crandall

The Last Stand; Custer, Sitting Bull and the Battle of the Little Bighorn 

by Nathaniel Philbrick

Penguin Group – Viking, 2010

Condition; good, minor shelf wear on dust jacket over hard cover

In his tightly structured narrative, Nathaniel Philbrick brilliantly sketches the two larger-than-life antagonists: Sitting Bull, whose charisma and political savvy earned him the position of leader of the Plains Indians, and George Armstrong Custer, one of the Union’s greatest cavalry officers and a man with a reputation for fearless and often reckless courage. Philbrick reminds readers that the Battle of the Little Bighorn was also, even in victory, the last stand for the Sioux and Cheyenne Indian nations.