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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 one hundred and twenty years at the life and death of this great Sioux warrior who became a reluctant leader at the Battle of the 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…
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7 editions- Paperback · English · 2000Crazy Horse (Lives)Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ) · 128 pages · 9780753809617
- Audiobook · English · 1999Books on Tape · 9780736646079
- Paperback · English · 1999Crazy Horse (Penguin Lives)Lipper/Viking · 148 pages · 9780965014700
- Other · English · 2005Penguin (Non-Classics) · 160 pages · 9780143034803
- Other · English · 1999Crazy Horse (Penguin Lives)Penguin Audio · 2 pages · 9780140868579
- Other · English · 1999Viking · 148 pages · 9780670882342
BiographyOglala IndiansKings and rulersIndians of North AmericaCrazy horse, approximately 1842-1877Large type booksIndians of north america, biographyUnited states, history, 19th century