War Chiefs 01 Crazy Horse

When the gold-struck Northwest was opened up to settlement, westward expansion progressed from a trickle to a flood, devastating everything in its path -- including the Sioux. Threatened on all sides by blue-uniformed soldiers, this proud people would soon find itself drawn into a long, bloody battle. Only Sitting Bull had the courage to fight back, defying the inevitable consequences. In the aftermath of the disastrous battle of the Little Big Horn, Sitting Bull was ready to lead his people in one last try at self-determination -- and survival. The Sioux WarsAs 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 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 period detail, this powerful historical novel vividly recounts the fury of the Sioux Wars and their most awe-inspiring leader, Crazy Horse, from his first battle to his final, tragic betrayal and death Product Description As the whites push westward, leaving in their wake a trail of broken treaties and violence, it is up to Crazy Horse to face off with the white leader George Armstrong Custer. Washington 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 A biography of the Oglala leader who relentlessly resisted the white man's attempt to take over Indian lands