The Resource Crazy Horse, Larry McMurtry
Crazy Horse, Larry McMurtry
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The item Crazy Horse, Larry McMurtry represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System.
This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
- Summary
- Strips away the tall tales of legend to reveal the essence of Crazy Horse, profiling him as a brilliant and ascetic warrior-hero whose life exemplified Native American tragedy and the end of the untamed West. Legends cloud the life of Crazy Horse, a seminal figure of American history but an enigma even to his own people in his own day. Yet his story remains an encapsulation of the Native American tragedy and the death of the untamed West. Crazy Horse strips away the tall tales to reveal the essence of this brilliant, ascetic warrior-hero. Larry McMurtry's vivid, carefully considered, succinct biography will lure not only his own fans but history buffs, Western enthusiasts, students of all things Native American, and anyone concerned with the white man's atonement and restitution to native peoples. In a portrait that only he could render, Larry McMurtry captures the poignant passing of a time and offers a vibrant new understanding of the mythic Crazy Horse and what he stood for
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Crazy Horse
- Title
- Crazy Horse
- Statement of responsibility
- Larry McMurtry
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Strips away the tall tales of legend to reveal the essence of Crazy Horse, profiling him as a brilliant and ascetic warrior-hero whose life exemplified Native American tragedy and the end of the untamed West. Legends cloud the life of Crazy Horse, a seminal figure of American history but an enigma even to his own people in his own day. Yet his story remains an encapsulation of the Native American tragedy and the death of the untamed West. Crazy Horse strips away the tall tales to reveal the essence of this brilliant, ascetic warrior-hero. Larry McMurtry's vivid, carefully considered, succinct biography will lure not only his own fans but history buffs, Western enthusiasts, students of all things Native American, and anyone concerned with the white man's atonement and restitution to native peoples. In a portrait that only he could render, Larry McMurtry captures the poignant passing of a time and offers a vibrant new understanding of the mythic Crazy Horse and what he stood for
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- McMurtry, Larry
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Penguin lives
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Crazy Horse
- Oglala Indians
- Indians of North America
- Label
- Crazy Horse, Larry McMurtry
- Note
- "A Lipper/Viking book."
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-148)
- Control code
- ocm39229756
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Extent
- 148 p.
- Isbn
- 9780670882342
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 98026644
- Label
- Crazy Horse, Larry McMurtry
- Note
- "A Lipper/Viking book."
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-148)
- Control code
- ocm39229756
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Extent
- 148 p.
- Isbn
- 9780670882342
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 98026644
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