![]() ![]() Throughout, Philbrick beautifully evokes the history and geography of the Great Plains with his characteristic grace and sense of drama. Within a few years of Little Bighorn, however, all the major tribal leaders would be confined to Indian reservations. Increasingly outraged by the government’s Indian policies, the Plains tribes allied themselves and held their ground in southern Montana. Philbrick reminds readers that the Battle of the Little Bighorn was also, even in victory, the last stand for the Sioux and Cheyenne Indian nations. ![]() ![]() In his tightly structured narrative, Nathaniel Philbrick brilliantly sketches the two larger-than-life antagonists: Sitting Bull, whose charisma and political savvy earned him the position of leader of the Plains Indians, and George Armstrong Custer, one of the Union’s greatest cavalry officers and a man with a reputation for fearless and often reckless courage. ![]()
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