Having worked in many bookstores, the name Nathaniel Philbrick is to me synonymous with books about the sea: MAYFLOWER, SEA OF GLORY, IN THE HEART OF THE SEA. However, his forthcoming book (Due May 4th), THE LAST STAND: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn, is the inside story of the famous battle which took place in eastern Montana Territory, near what is now the town of Crow Agency, Montana.
A late-blooming history buff, my interest in this book was whetted by this video, presented by the publisher:
There are a lot of people who think they know about the battle depicted in this book -- and a lot of what people think they know isn't true. This book promises to be a history lover's delight.
Kirkus, in a starred review, said: "A master storyteller’s vivid take on one of the most notorious military disasters in U.S. history." That's enough for me.....
I wanna read it.
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