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Crazy Horse

Legends cloud the life of Crazy Horse, a seminal figure in American history but an enigma even to his own people in his own day. This superb biography looks back across more than 120 years at the life and death of this great Sioux warrior who became a reluctant leader at the Battle of Little Bighorn. With his uncanny gift for understanding the human psyche, Larry McMurtry animates the character of this remarkable figure, whose betrayal by white representatives of the U.S. government was a tragic turning point in the history of the West. A mythic figure puzzled over by generations of historians, Crazy Horse emerges from McMurtry's sensitive portrait as the poignant hero of a long-since-vanished epoch.

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  • "Crazy Horse is a legendary figure in American history. A Sioux warrior, he was an enigma even to his own people in his own day. His story encapsulates the native American tragedy and the death of the untamed West."
  • "Legends cloud the life of Crazy Horse, a seminal figure in American history but an enigma even to his own people in his own day. This superb biography looks back across more than 120 years at the life and death of this great Sioux warrior who became a reluctant leader at the Battle of Little Bighorn. With his uncanny gift for understanding the human psyche, Larry McMurtry animates the character of this remarkable figure, whose betrayal by white representatives of the U.S. government was a tragic turning point in the history of the West. A mythic figure puzzled over by generations of historians, Crazy Horse emerges from McMurtry's sensitive portrait as the poignant hero of a long-since-vanished epoch."@en
  • "Examines the life and death of Crazy Horse, the Sioux warrior who, having been betrayed by the U.S. government, became the reluctant leader of his people at the Battle of Little Bighorn."@en
  • "Legends cloud the life of Crazy Horse, a seminal figure in American history but an enigma even to his own people in his own day. This superb biography looks back across more than one hundred and twenty years at the life and death of this great Sioux warrior who became a reluctant leader at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. With his uncanny gift for understanding the human psyche, Larry McMurtry animates the character of this remarkable figure, whose betrayal by white representatives of the U.S. government was a tragic turning point in the history of the West. A mythic figure puzzled over by generations of historians, Crazy Horse emerges from McMurtry's sensitive portrait as the poignant hero of a long-since-vanished epoch. Marking the debut of the new Penguin Lives series, McMurtry's Crazy Horse is a masterly exemplar of biography in the short form, illuminating both the man and the age with the eloquent economy that will introduce to a new generation of readers this once-popular genre. - Jacket flap."
  • "Reveals the essence of this brilliant warrior-hero while capturing the poignant passing of an era and offering new understanding of the mythic Crazy Horse and what he stood for."
  • "Strips away the tall tales of legend to reveal the essence of Crazy Horse, profiling him as a brilliant and ascetic warrior-hero whose life exemplified Native American tragedy and the end of the untamed West. Legends cloud the life of Crazy Horse, a seminal figure of American history but an enigma even to his own people in his own day. Yet his story remains an encapsulation of the Native American tragedy and the death of the untamed West. Crazy Horse strips away the tall tales to reveal the essence of this brilliant, ascetic warrior-hero. Larry McMurtry's vivid, carefully considered, succinct biography will lure not only his own fans but history buffs, Western enthusiasts, students of all things Native American, and anyone concerned with the white man's atonement and restitution to native peoples. In a portrait that only he could render, Larry McMurtry captures the poignant passing of a time and offers a vibrant new understanding of the mythic Crazy Horse and what he stood for."

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  • "Biography"
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  • "Biografieën (vorm)"
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  • "Crazy Horse (Penguin lives)"
  • "Caballo loco"@es
  • "Caballo loco"
  • "Crazy Horse"
  • "Crazy Horse"@en
  • "Ai hao he ping de zhan shi : yong yuan de qiu zhang " Feng ma ""
  • "Crazy horse"
  • "Crazy Horse : a life"@en
  • "Crazy Horse : a life"
  • "愛好和平的戰士 : 永遠的酋長"瘋馬""
  • "Caballo Loco"
  • "Crazy Horse : a Penguin life"@en
  • "Crazy horse a life"@en

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