The Killing of Crazy Horse (Hardcover)

from jveezer

If I have one hero among all the characters that have been a part of my country's history, it's Crazy Horse. I know, he was on the other "side". But he was on the side of right, of self-defense, and of justice. Although not a genre of literature I generally read, I've read more "biographies" of h...

from abbeyhar

A detailed recounting of crazy horse's life and the events leading up to his death. Did a much more comprehensive job explaining the battle of Little Bighorn to a layman than Philbrick. My only complaint is that sometimes the timeline jumped around and it could be hard to keep track of what was g...

from HenryKrinkle

"The Killling of Crazy Horse" is a thoughtful, meticulously researched account of one of the most shameful moments in U.S. history. Power's account is all the more powerful for giving a nuanced portrait of the major players involved (General Crook, William Garnett, Sitting Bull) and life on the P...

from kvrfan

Five hundred and ninety-two pages might seem like a long autopsy report on the killing of Crazy Horse. But as any good inquest, the author realizes context is all-important. Thomas Powers devotes a good three-quarters of the book to the Plains Indian wars out of which Crazy Horse rose to become t...

from Sean191

Powers offers a lot of information in his book, but I thought so much of it deviated from the main subject - Crazy Horse. In fact, I learned much more about the American soldiers and commanders involved and about the Indians involved than I did about Crazy Horse. Maybe there's already plenty of d...