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Son of the Morning Star: Custer and the Little Bighorn (First Edition)

Son of the Morning Star: Custer and the Little Bighorn (First Edition)

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Son of the Morning Star: Custer and the Little Bighorn (First Edition)

by Evan S. Connell

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Berkeley: North Point Press, 1984. First Edition. First Edition. Light foxing to the top page edges and page fore-edges, else Near Fine in a Fine dust jacket.

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In  Son of the Morning Star , Mr. Connell explores deeply the personalities of Custer and the other federal and Indian leaders. Custer, seen by some as a hero, by others as the cause of the defeat, was an enigmatic and extravagant figure, fearless in battle and sentimental in repose. It is said that on first seeing through field glasses the more than four miles of Allied Indian camps, he exclaimed, "hurrah, boys, we've got them!" Disregarding a Cheyenne warning, Custer rode to his death--and led to death every man of the Seventh Cavalry who followed him. A foolish miscalculation ended the life of the man the Indians called "Son of the Morning Star." The story is told that after the battle a squaw drove a sewing awl through his ear and into his skull so that he might hear better in the next world.

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Title
Son of the Morning Star: Custer and the Little Bighorn (First Edition)
Author
Evan S. Connell
Book Condition
Used
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Edition
First Edition
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
0865471606
ISBN 13
9780865471603
Publisher
North Point Press
Place of Publication
Berkeley
Date Published
1984
Keywords
History | Native American Interest
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History; Native American Interest;

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