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Just
as he did with the tale of Moby Dick in his bestselling In the Heart of
the Sea (a personal favorite), Nathaniel Philbrick breathes a new life
into the revered Battle of Little Bighorn. The oft-stereotyped characters of
General Custer and Sitting Bull are given a new depth. His meticulous research
and insights into the psyches of both Custer and Sitting Bull testify to
Philbrick's overarching theme that they are far "more than the cardboard cutouts
they have since become." Philbrick
captures the reader with his unflinching attention to details--Custer's bizarre
physical appearance, the heat and dust, the rushing rivers, which were "the
arteries, veins, and capillaries of the northern plains, the lifelines upon
which all living things depended." Just 15 pages into the book I already felt
as though my memory carried a trip to the rolling Black Hills of the Dakotas.
Through these dazzling, detailed images Philbrick paints a comprehensive,
suspenseful, and poetic picture of a conflict so often reduced to caricature in
the history of the American West. Fascinating! |
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