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Goble, Paul

Custer's Last Battle: Red Hawk's Account of the Battle of Little Bighorn

44 pp. | Wisdom Tales | August, 2013 | Trade ISBN 978-1-937786-11-3 $16.95
New ed. (1969, Pantheon)

(3) 4-6 In austere yet vivid prose, a fictional fifteen-year-old Sioux participant tells of the tragic battle. Linking the personal narrative are objective explanatory passages providing historical and military details. Brilliant stylized pictures, full of color and movement, are influenced by Plains Indians illustrative art. This revised and updated edition of Goble's first book includes a new author's introduction. Reading list. Bib.

Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc. | Horn Book Magazine Issue: February, 1971