Book Review Killing Crazy Horse

Powers handles the conflicting rashomon style perspectives deftly.

Book review killing crazy horse. And he offers a fresh take by relying heavily on the recollections of william garnett a half lakota interpreter who witnessed crazy horse s death but who has been practically ignored by historians. Powers s book carefully and elegantly wrought if overlong and dense concentrates on the life and death of crazy horse the most fearsome of the sioux warriors. Army s campaign against the sioux.

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Although the title is killing crazy horse the book is a lot more than just about the indian warrior crazy horse. His embittered men resorted to eating their horses. George crook a senior commander in the u s.

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Events leading up to the killing of the great sioux indian chief crazy horse at a military post in western nebraska in 1877 take up less than 100 of author thomas powers s 467 pages. 1 0 out of 5 stars really disappointed. I can t praise bill o reilly s latest book killing crazy horse enough.