| Son of the Morning Star: Custer and the Little Bighorn Contributor(s): Connell, Evan S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0865475105 ISBN-13: 9780865475106 Publisher: North Point Press OUR PRICE: $18.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1997 Annotation: Custer's Last Stand is among the most enduring events in American history--more than one hundred years after the fact, books continue to be written and people continue to argue about even the most basic details surrounding the Little Bighorn. Evan S. Connell, whom Joyce Carol Oates has described as "one of our most interesting and intelligent American writers," wrote what continues to be the most reliable--and compulsively readable--account of the subject. Connell makes good use of his meticulous research and novelist's eye for the story and detail to re-vreate the heroism, foolishness, and savagery of this crucial chapter in the history of the West. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 19th Century - History | Military - United States - History | Native American |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 84006068 |
| Lexile Measure: 1170 |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (1.10 lbs) 480 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 149588 Reading Level: 8.9 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 37.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Custer's Last Stand is among the most enduring events in American history--more than one hundred years after the fact, books continue to be written and people continue to argue about even the most basic details surrounding the Little Bighorn. Evan S. Connell, whom Joyce Carol Oates has described as one of our most interesting and intelligent American writers, wrote what continues to be the most reliable--and compulsively readable--account of the subject. Connell makes good use of his meticulous research and novelist's eye for the story and detail to re-vreate the heroism, foolishness, and savagery of this crucial chapter in the history of the West. |
Contributor Bio(s): Connell, Evan S.: - Evan S. Connell has received numerous prizes and awards for his writing and is the author of sixteen books of fiction, poetry, essays, and history, including Son of the Morning Star, Mr. Bridge, Mrs. Bridge, The Diary of a Rapist, The Alchymist's Journal, and The Collected Stories. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. |