Son of the Morning Star: Custer and the Little Bighorn by Evan S. Connell
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- Pub. Date: October 1997
- 448pp
- Sales Rank: 32,369
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: October 1997
- Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Format: Paperback, 448pp
- Sales Rank: 32,369
- ISBN-13: 9780865475106
- ISBN: 0865475105
Synopsis
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, whom Joyce Carol Oates has described as "one of our most interesting and intelligent American writers," 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-vreate the heroism, foolishness, and savagery of this crucial chapter in the history of the West.
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A tie-in of Connell's acclaimed bestseller, adapted by Melissa Mathison (E.T.) for a four-hour miniseries. The definitive account of the battle of LIttle Big Horn.
The New York Times Book Review - Page Stegner
Impressive in its massive presentation of information... Son of the Morning Star makes good reading-its prose is elegant, its tone the voice of dry wit, its meandering narrative skillfully crafted. Mr. Connell is above all a storyteller, and the story he tells is vastly more complicated than who did what to whom on June 25, 1876.
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Evan S. Connell has received numerous prizes and awards for his writing and is the author of sixteen books of fiction, poetry, essays, and history, including Mr. Bridge, Mrs. Bridge, The Diary of a Rapist, The Alchymist's Journal, and The Collected Stories. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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Son Of The Morning Star: An excellent, information-filled look at The Battle of Little Bighornby SuperBeanDip
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October 14, 2008:
Son Of The Morning Star is truly one of the most cinematic nonfiction tales ever written. The depth that the text has is astounding; it's jam packed with so many facts, and manages to still be fun to read.
The book starts out with the aftermath of the battle of the Little Bighorn. General George Armstrong Custer was leading an attack against the Sioux in the Valley of Little Bighorn. I wouldn't consider it a spoiler if I said his army was completely destroyed in that battle. Connell gives the accounts of many soldiers and Indians of what happened. The battle is filled with many, many atrocities that weren't even talked about in the media at the time. He eventually works his way backward to Custer's assault, and even his history in the Civil War and his childhood.
As I said before, the depth of the research is astounding. Evan S. Connell has certainly done his homework. The book is told with such a flair that it's easy to forget that it's history. It shifts back and forth through time, capturing the accounts of many, but never feels like it's out of order.
Son Of The Morning Star is a fabulous piece of literature. To what lengths Connell must have gone to acquire this information, and to present it in such a readable form, we can only guess. It's the exact opposite of reading a textbook. Highly recommended.
Awesome!!by Anonymous
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July 10, 2002: A truly informative book that takes you back in time when the Plains Indians lived free, and the U.S. Government were in hot pursuit. The author didn't leave any stones unturned. I loved this book!
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