Turn the Stars Upside Down The Last Days and Tragic Death of Crazy Horse |
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Author:
| Johnston, Terry C. |
Series title: | The Plainsmen Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-312-98209-6 |
Publication Date: | Jun 2002 |
Publisher: | St. Martin's Press
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Imprint: | Saint Martin's Paperbacks |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $7.99 |
Book Description:
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TURN THE STARS UPSIDE DOWN Terry Johnston
For more than a decade one man struck fear in the hearts of U.S. soldiers on the frontier: Crazy horse, the great Oglala Sioux leader, who destroyed Custer at Little Big Horn, fought Crook toe-to-toe at the Rosebud, and outwitted and outran the Cavalry across the windswept plains where as a child he had played. Now, on a cloudless day in May, the legendary warrior rode toward the soldiers who had been his enemy for...
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TURN THE STARS UPSIDE DOWN
Terry Johnston
For more than a decade one man struck fear in the hearts of U.S. soldiers on the frontier: Crazy horse, the great Oglala Sioux leader, who destroyed Custer at Little Big Horn, fought Crook toe-to-toe at the Rosebud, and outwitted and outran the Cavalry across the windswept plains where as a child he had played. Now, on a cloudless day in May, the legendary warrior rode toward the soldiers who had been his enemy for so long. In 1877, Crazy horse surrendered to a young lieutenant, and tale of betrayal and murder began.
In this powerful, moving account of the last days of Crazy Horse, Terry C. Johnson weaves a saga of warriors, lovers, peacemakers, traitors, war, and suffering among the innocents on both sides. Most of all, this is the story of one man--a mystic, a fighter, a father and husband--whose last journey was as fateful and dramatic as a life lived without surrender.