
Son of the Morning Star: Custer and the Little Bighorn
Son of the Morning Star is the nonfiction account of General Custer from the great American novelist Evan S. Connell. Custer's Last Stand is among the most enduring events in American history--more than one hundred years after the fact, books continue to be written and people continue to argue about even the most basic details surrounding the Little Bighorn. Evan S. Connell wrote what continues to be the most reliable--and compulsively readable--account of the subject. Connell makes good use of his meticulous research and novelist's eye for the story and detail to re-create the heroism, foolishness, and savagery of this crucial chapter in the history of the West.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- North Point Press
- Year
- 1984
- ISBN-13
- 9780374708733
- Genre
- History
- Topics
- Battle of the Little BighornGeneral George CusterAmerican West
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