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Crazy Horse and Custer, the parallel lives of two American warriors, Stephen E. Ambrose

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [485]-516) and index

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Crazy Horse and Custer

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Stephen E. Ambrose

the parallel lives of two American warriors

"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.... Their parallel lives would pave the way, in a manner unknown to either, for an inevitable clash between two nations fighting for possession of the open prairie."--P. [4] of cover

Introduction -- The setting and the people: the Great Plains -- The setting and the people: Ohio -- "Curly" -- Curly's vision -- Autie -- Custer at West Point -- Custer and Crazy Horse on the eve of manhood -- War and love among the Oglalas -- Guerrilla warfare, Indian style -- War and love among the Americans -- The boy general and the glorious war -- Crazy Horse and Custer as young warriors -- Crazy Horse and the Fort Phil Kearny battle -- Custer comes to the Plains -- A summer on the Plains: 1867 -- The Treaty of 1868 and the Battle of the Washita -- Truce on the High Plains, 1869-73 -- Crazy Horse and Custer on the Yellowstone, 1873 -- The Panic of 1873 and the Black Hills expedition of 1874 -- Politics: red and white -- Crazy Horse fights on the Rosebud while Custer closes in -- The Battle of the Little Bighorn -- The death of Crazy Horse -- What happened to the others