Crazy Horse and Custer

Description:

On the sparkling morning of June 25, 1876, 611 U.S. Army soldiers rode toward the banks of the Little Bighorn in the Montana Territory, where 3,000 Indians stood waiting to battle.The lives of two great warriors would soon be forever linked throughout history: Crazy Horse, leader of the Oglala Sioux, and General George Armstrong Custer of the Seventh Cavalry. Both were men of aggression and supreme courage. Both had become leaders in their societies at very early ages; both had been stripped of power, and in disgrace had worked to earn back the respect of their people. And to both of them, the unspoiled grandeur of the Great Plains of North America was an irresistible challenge. Their parallel lives would pave the way, in a manner unknown to either, for an inevitable clash between the two nations fighting for possession of the open prairie. - Back cover.

subjects: Kings and rulers,  Generals,  Indians of North America,  Wars,  Oglala Indians,  Biography,  nyt:indigenous-americans=2015-03-08,  New York Times bestseller,  Crazy horse, approximately 1842-1877,  Custer, george a. (george armstrong), 1839-1876,  Generals, biography,  Indians of north america, biography,  Indians of north america, wars, 1866-1895,  Little bighorn, battle of the, mont., 1876,  Dakota Indians,  Généraux,  Biographies,  Dakota (Indiens),  Bataille de Little Bighorn, Mont., 1876,  Oglala Sioux

People: Crazy Horse (ca. 1842-1877),  George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876),  George A. Custer (1839-1876),  Crazy Horse Sioux chief (1842-1877)

Places: Great Plains,  United States

Times: 1866-1895