01706cam a2200325 4500 513060172 TxAuBib 20110530120000.0 091106s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2009047209 9780670021727 hc. 0670021725 hc. 9780143119609 tr.pap. 0143119605 tr.pap. (OCoLC)456171728 DLC DLC BTCTA MOF UPZ YDXCP JAI C#P BWX WIM TxAuBib Philbrick, Nathaniel. The last stand : Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn / Nathaniel Philbrick. Last stand. New York : Viking, 2010. xxii, 466 p., [40] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps, plans ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 419-446) and index. At the flood -- The dream -- Hard ass -- The dance -- The scout -- The blue pencil line -- The approach -- The crow's nest -- Into the valley -- Reno's charge -- To the hill -- Still point -- The forsaken -- Grazing his horses -- The last stand -- The river of nightmares -- Libbie's house. Analyzes the characters and contributions of the Plains Indians leader and forefront Union cavalry officer while explaining how the conflict forged a Native American alliance and set the stage for the reservation confinement of major tribal leaders. 20110530. Custer, George Armstrong 1839-1876. Sitting Bull 1834-1890. Little Bighorn, Battle of the, 1876. Dakota Indians Wars.