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Summary: History can be entertaining
Review: A very entertaining read. A suberb story-teller, Dee Brown takes us into the lives of 19 participants in the slaughter that was Little Big Horn. We get to meet and ride along with some of the most colorful characters that seem to have gotten lost between the pages of history. Dee Brown has used eye witness accounts, diaries, letters, and the testimonies of the civilians,and soldiers that participated in this battle.
It wasn't just Custer's undertaking, but a full Army battle group.
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Summary: A Non-fiction Novel about Custer's defeat at Little Big Horn
Review: I read this on the heals of the author's superb Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, and have mixed feelings about it. Expecting it to be a similar historical account, this time on the Battle of Little Big Horn, it quickly became evident that this was in fact a work of fiction based on eye-witness accounts--so, essentially, a non-fiction novel. Nevertheless, I read it in its entirety, and found it to be, for the most part, a good read. Brown attempts to bring to life the experiences of individual participants, and in this he largely succeeds. However, the story mainly focuses on the American invaders, with only a few chapters devoted to the Indians. This makes the book seem rather unbalanced and incomplete, and therefore somewhat of a disappointment.
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