| Son of the Morning Star: Custer and the Little Bighorn |  | Author: Evan S. Connell
Publisher: North Point Press
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 720,612
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Pages: 441
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 6.8 x 1.3
ISBN: 0865471606
EAN: 9780865471603
ASIN: 0865471606
Publication Date: September 1984
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Product Description
The story of General George Armstrong Custer and the massacre of the Seventh Cavalry at the Battle of the Little Bighorn on June 26, 1876. 2 cassettes.
Amazon.com Review
Part anthropological study of Plains Indian life, part military history, and part character study of the principal actors in the Battle of the Little Big Horn, Evan Connell's justly well-known book presents a balanced and critical account of George Armstrong Custer's career. ("Why he was esteemed as an Indian fighter is puzzling," Connell remarks. "None of his frontier campaigns demonstrated particular skill or insight.") Connell also examines the lives of Captain Frederick Benteen and Major Marcus Reno, the admirable General George Crook, and their foes Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, and Rain in the Face. Reno comes out worst: he held the dubious distinction of having the worst record before or since in the history of the United States Military Academy, and he was dishonorably discharged for incompetence after failing to get his column into battle in time to save Custer's command. Connell's thrilling story has all the inevitability of a tragedy, but there are no tragic heroes to which to point.
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