num_pages: 413
description: "His narrative is griping....Mr. Utley transforms Sitting Bull, the abstract, romanticized icon and symbol, into a flesh-and-blood person with a down-to-earth story....THE LANCE AND THE SHIELD clears the screen of the exaggerations and fantasies long directed at the name of Sitting Bull."THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEWReviled by the United States government as a troublemaker and a coward, revered by his people as a great warrior chief, Sitting Bull has long been one of the most fascinating and misunderstood figures in American history. Now, distinguished historian Robert M. Utley has forged a compelling new portrait of Sitting Bull, viewing the man from the Lakota perspective for the very first time to render the most unbiased and historically accurate biography of Sitting Buil to date.WINNER OF THE SPUR AWARD FOR BEST WESTERN NONFICTIONHISTORICAL BOOK OF 1993A MAIN SELECTIN OF THE HISTORY BOOK CLUBA FEATURED ALTERNATE SELECTION OF THE QUALITY PAPERBACK BOOKCLUB
language: English
title: The Lance and the Shield: The Life and Times of Sitting Bull
titlecomplete: The Lance and the Shield: The Life and Times of Sitting Bull
characters: Sitting Bull
genres: Historical, Biography, American, The United States Of America, Westerns, Native Americans, Nonfiction, American History, Native American History, History
ratings_count: 903
awards: awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Caughey Western History Prize, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Spur Award
category: Best Nonfiction Historical
publisher: Ballantine Books