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| Tango01 | 01 Nov 2014 1:12 p.m. PST |
…Battle of the Little Bighorn. "With a fantastic body of work that includes In the Heart of the Sea and Pulitzer Prize finalist Mayflower, Nathaniel Philbrick has emerged as a historian with a unique ability to bring history to life. The Last Stand is Philbrick's monumental reappraisal of the epochal clash at the Little Bighorn in 1876 that gave birth to the legend of Custer's Last Stand. Bringing a wealth of new information to his subject, as well as his characteristic literary flair, Philbrick details the collision between two American icons- George Armstrong Custer and Sitting Bull-that both parties wished to avoid, and brilliantly explains how the battle that ensued has been shaped and reshaped by national myth." link Anyone has read this book?
If the answer is yes, comments please? Amicalement
Armand |
| PKay Inc | 01 Nov 2014 1:15 p.m. PST |
It's OK, but there are more detailed better works available. A good first book on the subject. |
Garryowen  | 01 Nov 2014 5:16 p.m. PST |
I have hundreds of Custer books. For popular history, this is one of the best. He does rely on a lot of sources that writers of popular history would never see. Some experts on the battle believe he relied too heavily on Peter Thompson. Some of Thompson's claims are unbelievable. However, Philbrook does address this issue. There is no doubt that a lot of the information provided by Thompson was very important. However, the book is popular history. Philbrick is not a scholar on the Little Big Horn. The lack of an in-depth knowledge of the entire context of the history of the battle, does lead to a number of mistakes. Two of the more outstanding books on the battle are Vanishing Victory by Bruce Liddic, and Lakota Noon by Greg Michno. These are both well-established writers on the subject. They have each written more than one book. They have a deep knowledge of the subject. Thus, they can bring a lot more to it than a popular writer who does a one off book. For writers like Liddic and Michno, their books are the results of a number of decades of research. Nonetheless, Philbrick's is very good for what it is. Tom |
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goes beyond the straight line.
