| Crazy Horse: A Life Contributor(s): McMurtry, Larry (Author) |
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ISBN: 0143034804 ISBN-13: 9780143034803 Publisher: Penguin Books OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2005 Annotation: Stripping away the tall tales to reveal the essence of the brilliant warrior-hero Crazy Horse, the author captures the poignant passing of an era and offers a vibrant new understanding of the mythic man and what he stood for. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - Native American & Aboriginal - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - General |
| Dewey: B |
| Series: Penguin Lives Biographies |
| Physical Information: 0.46" H x 5.18" W x 7.08" (0.27 lbs) 160 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 75910 Reading Level: 8.1 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 6.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Legends cloud the life of Crazy Horse, a seminal figure in American history but an enigma even to his own people in his own day. This superb biography looks back across more than 120 years at the life and death of this great Sioux warrior who became a reluctant leader at the Battle of Little Bighorn. With his uncanny gift for understanding the human psyche, Larry McMurtry animates the character of this remarkable figure, whose betrayal by white representatives of the U.S. government was a tragic turning point in the history of the West. A mythic figure puzzled over by generations of historians, Crazy Horse emerges from McMurtry's sensitive portrait as the poignant hero of a long-since-vanished epoch. |