description: Retelling of the legendary Battle of Little Bighorn, the meeting of Gen. George Armstrong Custer and Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse. Told from both the soldiers' and Indians' viewpoint, the battle proved to be the beginning of the end for the American Indians and their way of life.
language: English
title: Son of the Morning Star
titlecomplete: Son of the Morning Star
genres: Historical, History, American History, War, Biography, Military History, Westerns, American, Nonfiction, Military Fiction
ratings_count: 2979
places: Montana
awards: awardedAt: 473414400000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: History, awardedAt: 441792000000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: General Nonfiction
publisher: Easton Press