Crazy Horse
Subtitle: the life behind the legend
By: Mike Sajna
Publisher: John Wiley
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 367
Subjects: Crazy Horse, -- ca. 1842-1877; Oglala Indians -- Biography; Dakota Indians -- History
Description: "Author Mike Sajna reveals Crazy Horse to have been not only an intelligent war chief with the good of his people at heart but also an ardent lover and cautious warrior who at times made mistakes and was as frightened as anyone when it came to confronting death. Sajna portrays Crazy Horse as a quiet, shy person who avoided attention off the battlefield but nevertheless inspired awe, excitement, jealousy, and fear.

From his childhood when he showed courage capturing a wild horse to his first fights with the Pawnee and Shoshone, it was clear that Crazy Horse would become a fierce warrior. And yet he was also a tender man who was almost killed pursuing the woman he loved.".

"Together with Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse led the great Sioux-Cheyenne Uprising of 1876-66, which reached its high point on June 25, 1876, with the destruction of Colonel George Armstrong Custer and more than 250 men of the Seventh Cavalry at Little Big Horn. The surrender less than a year later of Crazy Horse and his people was considered, even by his contemporaries, an epochal event in the history of the Plains Indian wars and the West."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-358) and index