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 enlarge | Author: Stephen E. Ambrose
Publisher: Anchor
Category: Book
List Price: $16.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  53 reviews
Sales Rank: 18067
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st Anchor Books Trade Pbk. Ed
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 560
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.2 x 1.2
ISBN: 0385479662
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.820922
EAN: 9780385479660
ASIN: 0385479662
Publication Date: May 1, 1996
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Condition: Softcover, tight, clean unmarked text, mild cover rub & edge wear, solid clean copy
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 Crazy Horse and Custer January 9, 2007
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Excellent book-goes into depth about both of their lives and the parallels between them.
Death in Battle - Death in Peace August 30, 2006
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
They are books like those written by Stephen Ambrose which keep the flame of my interest in reading of times and events of long ago burning. Some have accused Ambrose of taking too many liberties with the facts. To those I would say, Bah Humbug! This book is well written and worthy of the readers time, unless, of course, you are a "fact-checker", in which case the original sources, to the extent they even exist, might be more to your liking. For Orginary Joe's, like me, Mr. Ambrose has provided a good deal of reading entertainment and information. I would strongly recommend this book to anyone who wants to be transported in time and place to the high plains during the Indian Wars.
Interesting August 3, 2006
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Great study of two complex personalities. I never realized what a mysterious figure Crazy Horse was, and his integral role at the Little Big Horn. Ambrose, as usual, does phenomenal research and his gift of prose make this book a pleasure.
Fantastic dual-biography July 18, 2006
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Great concept, first of all, tracing the lives of two enemies up to the day they met in 1876 on the battlefield near the Little Bighorn. I purchased this book while visiting the Black Hills of South Dakota, appropriately enough. It's a great look into the eyes of these two warriors, and a brilliant work.
Crazy Horse &Custer June 24, 2006
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
While it is unusual for me to give anything 5 stars, I have in this case done just that. I have visited the site of Custer's last stand on 2 occasions and have read a good deal about the events leading up to the battle, as well as various accounts of the battle itself. What I found most riveting about this book is the insight into the disparate, yet paralell lives of the two men. It appears to be very well researched and is by far the most comprehensive account of the complex Indian society and way of life that I have read.
The author does not take any side in the ongoing conflict between the Indians and the inevitable developement by white settlers backed by the army and the US Govenment. Instead he deals as much as possible in facts and relies on personal accounts from surviving members of both the Indian and army sides. This is a wonderfull window into so much of what was happening in the US at this time, so much so that the Little Bighorn battle is almost a sidelight to the rest of the book.
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