Nelson, S. D.

Summary: "In 1876, Lakota chief Crazy Horse helped lead his people's resistance against the white man's invasion of the northern Great Plains. One of the leaders of the US military forces was Army Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer. The men had long been enemies. Atthe height of the war, when tribalism had reached its peak, they crossed paths for the last time. In this action-packed double biography, S....

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2021

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Nelson, S. D.

Summary: Red Cloud (1822-1909) was a great warrior and chief of the Lakota. Told from his perspective, this book describes the events that brought him to prominence as a leader of his people and how he came to surrender them to the wasichus (White Man), ending their way of life on the Great Plains.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024

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Nelson, S. D

Summary: "This book is the story of the Lakota and how they were forced onto a reservation, told from the point of view of Red Cloud, warrior and chief of the Lakota. It is a heavily illustrated account, with both text and illustrations by S. D. Nelson."--Providedby publisher.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2017

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 978 NEL

Marshall, Joseph

Summary: A Lakota historian and storyteller offers a portrait of Crazy Horse, the era in which he lived, and his legacy, drawing on his own culture's oral tradition and firsthand research to capture diverse aspects of Crazy Horse's life.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2005

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CRAZY HORSE MAR

Bray, Kingsley M.

Summary: Crazy Horse was as much feared by tribal foes as he was honored by allies. His war record was unmatched, and his rout of Custer at the Little Bighorn reverberates through history. Yet so much about him is unknown or steeped in legend. This book corrects older, idealized accounts, and draws on a greater variety of sources than other recent biographies, to show the real Crazy Horse: not the brash...

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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Oklahoma 2006

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 978 BRA

Drury, Bob.

Summary: The untold story of the great Ogala Sioux chief Red Cloud, the most powerful Indian commander of the Plains who witnessed the opening of the West and forced the American government to sue for peace in a conflict named for him.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RED CLOUD DRU

Freedman, Russell.

Summary: A biography of the Oglala leader who relentlessly resisted the white man's attempt to take over Indian lands.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 1996

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CRA

Sandoz, Mari

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: University of Nebraska Press 2004

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CRA