Crazy Horse - War Chiefs Author:Bill Dugan The Sioux Wars — As the United States recovers from the devastation of the Civil War, the white man begins a violent push westward, claiming the land of the Sioux and their Cheyenne allies through broken treaties and cold-blooded aggression. Desperate, the Sioux turn to Crazy Horse, the one man who might save their nation. — Washi... more »ngton has sent its best military leaders west, but only one man seems to embody all the contradictions that the merciless warfare on the Great Plains could evoke -- George Armstrong Custer.
The fate of an entire people rests on the outcome of a bloody confrontation between these two determined warriors. Though Crazy Horse will win the battle, he ultimately loses the war; when he is murdered a year after Little Big Horn, the future of the Sioux Nation is lost forever.
Impeccably researched, rich with real-life characters and the details of the time, this epic historical novel recounts the fury of the Sioux wars and their most awe-inspiring leader, Crazy Horse, from his first combat to his final, tragic betrayal and death.« less