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crazy horse a lakota life
p crazy horse was as much feared by tribal foes as he was honored by allies . his war record was unmatched by any of his peers and his rout of custer at the little bighorn reverberates through history . yet so much about him is unknown or steeped in legend . p crazy horse a lakota life corrects older idealized accounts and draws on a greater variety of sources than other recent biographies to expose the real crazy horse not the brash sioux warrior we have come to expect but a modest reflective man whose courage was anchored in lakota piety . kingsley m. bray has plumbed interviews of crazy horses contemporaries and consulted modern lakotas to fill in vital details of crazy horses inner and public life . p bray places crazy horse within the rich context of the nineteenth century lakota world . he reassesses the war chiefs achievements in numerous battles and retraces the tragic sequence of misunderstandings betrayals and misjudgments that led to his death . bray also explores the private tragedies that marred crazy horses childhood and the network of relationships that shaped his adult life . p to this day crazy horse remains a compelling symbol of resistance for modern lakotas . crazy horse a lakota life is a singular achievement scholarly and authoritative offering a complete portrait of the man and a fuller understanding of his place in american indian and united states history .
paperback university of oklahoma press 2008 isbn13 9780806139869 isbn10 0806139862
abridged n isbn 13 9780806139869 number in series 1 number of pages 510 publisher univ of oklahoma pr release date 62135769600000 series title civilization of the american indian