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Crazy Horse (Penguin Lives)
Crazy Horse - Penguin Lives
Author: Larry McMurtry
Legends cloud the life of Crazy Horse, a seminal figure of American history but an enigma even to his own people in his own day. Yet his story remains an encapsulation of the Native American tragedy and the death of the untamed West. Crazy Horse strips away the tall tales to reveal the essence of this brilliant, ascetic warrior-hero. Larry McM...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780670882342
ISBN-10: 0670882348
Publication Date: 1/1/1999
Pages: 145
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Publisher: Puffin Books
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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  • Currently 2.5/5 Stars.
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McMurtry has taken on an almost impossible task here -- to write the biography of a man about whom almost nothing can be definitively proven. He does the best he can by including what little has been provided by first-hand sources at the time and weaving it into a framework of the general conditions of life for the Sioux Indians in the mid 19th century.
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This book rambled a bit. It was not very engaging.


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