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The river and the horsemen

by Robert Skimin · 1999

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A novel on the private lives of participants in the Battle of Little Big Horn. The main characters are Custer and his wife, Libbie, Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, and there are studies of minor characters as well. By the author of Ulysses S. Grant: A Novel.

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historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thiswesternwesternMore like thisLess of this
Themes
Native AmericanNative AmericanMore like thisLess of thiswarwarMore like thisLess of this
Setting
19th century19th centuryMore like thisLess of this
Subject
biographybiographyMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 370 pages

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