Screen LibraryThe last stand：Custer, Sitting Bull, and the battle of the Little Bighorn
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Penguin Audio,
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| Publisher Address: | New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2010. |
| Literature type: | Audio Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Unabridged. |
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| Carrier Form: | 10 sound discs (ca. 12 hrs.): digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| ISBN: |
9780142427699 0142427691 |
| Index Number: | K712 |
| CLC: | K712.44 |
| Call Number: | WCDM/K712.44/P545 |
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Compact disc. At the flood -- The dream -- Hard ass -- The dance -- The scout -- The blue pencil line -- The approach -- The crow's nest -- Into the valley -- The charge -- To the hill -- Still point -- The forsaken -- Grazing his horses -- The last stand -- The riverof nightmares. In his tightly structured narrative, Nathaniel Philbrick brilliantly sketches the two larger-than-life antagonists: Sitting Bull, whose charisma and political savvy earned him the position of leader of the Plains Indians, and George Armstrong Custer, one of the Union's greatest cavalry officers and a man with a reputation for fearless and often reckless courage. Here, Philbrick beautifully evokes the history and geography of the Great Plains with his characteristic grace and sense of drama. |