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The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn Paperback - 2011

by Nathaniel Philbrick

Philbrick, a Pulitzer Prize finalist for "Mayflower," presents a monumental reappraisal of the epochal clash at the Little Bighorn in 1876 that gave birth to the legend of Custer's last stand, and brilliantly explains how the battle has been shaped and reshaped by national myth.


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"An engrossing, thoughtfully researched, and tautly written account of a critical chapter in American history." -Los Angeles Times

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.

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"An engrossing and tautly written account of a critical chapter in American history." --Los Angeles Times Nathaniel Philbrick, author of In the Hurricane's Eye, Pulitzer Prize finalist Mayflower, and Valiant Ambition, is 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.

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  • Title The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn
  • Author Nathaniel Philbrick
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 496
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Books, New York
  • Date 2011-04-26
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780143119609 / 0143119605
  • Weight 0.97 lbs (0.44 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.3 x 5.4 x 1.2 in (21.08 x 13.72 x 3.05 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Chronological Period: 1851-1899
    • Ethnic Orientation: Native American
    • Geographic Orientation: Montana
  • Library of Congress subjects Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876, Sitting Bull
  • Dewey Decimal Code 973.82

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Citations

  • Entertainment Weekly, 04/22/2011, Page 103
  • New York Times Book Review, 05/22/2011, Page 28

About the author

Nathaniel Philbrick is the author of In the Heart of the Sea, winner of the National Book Award; Mayflower, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize; Bunker Hill, winner of the New England Book Award; Sea of Glory; The Last Stand; Why Read Moby Dick?; and Away Off Shore. He lives in Nantucket. His new book, Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution, will be published in May 2016.
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