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The story of the Little Bighorn

1983
Describes the bloody battle known as "Custer's last stand, " in which an army of Sioux Indians led by Sitting Bull fought off an attack by the United States cavalry, leaving no survivors among the soldiers in Custer's command.

George Armstrong Custer

General of the U.S. Cavalry
2004
A biography of the Civil War general known for his part in the disasterous battle at the Little Big Horn in 1876.

It is a good day to die

Indian eyewitnesses tell the story of the Battle of the Little Bighorn
1998
A series of eyewitness accounts of the 1876 Battle of Little Bighorn and the defeat of General Custer as told by Native American participants in the battle.

Jim Dandy

1994
Living after the Civil War on a Kansas homestead with his stern stepfather, thirteen-year-old Caleb raises a beloved colt and becomes involved in General Custer's raids on the Cheyenne.

Son of the morning star

1984
Discusses the Battle of the Little Big Horn, the federal and Indian antagonists, and of the battle's place in the context of the Plains Indian Wars.

Son of the morning star

1997
Discusses the Battle of the Little Big Horn, the federal and Indian antagonists, and of the battle's place in the context of the Plains Indian Wars.

Custer

the controversial life of George Armstrong Custer
1997
Examines the life of George Armstrong Custer, discussing his role in the Civil War and the postwar decade, looking at his romance and marriage to his devoted wife Libbie, and describing the disasterous battle at Little Big Horn.

Chief Red Horse tells about Custer

the Battle of the Little Bighorn : an eyewitness account told in Indian sign language
1981
Relates the account of the Battle of the Little Bighorn told five years later by Sioux Chief Red Horse who fought in the conflict.

Custer and Crazy Horse

a story of two warriors
1989
Recounts the events in the lives of the Oglala Sioux chief and the United States Army officer who met at the Battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876.

The Battle of the Little Bighorn

2002
Describes the causes, events, and aftermath of the fateful encounter at the Little Bighorn River on June 25, 1876, between the Seventh Cavalry troops commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Custer and the Cheyenne and Lakota Sioux led by Chiefs Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse.

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