Little Big Man Author:Thomas Berger Everybody but Everybody is raving about LITTLE BIG MAN. — Henry Miller: "This Tom Berger can write like the very devil. This is an epic such as Mark Twain might have given us. . .it's a delicious, crazy, panoramic enlargement." — H. Allen Smith: "I can't remember a novel more salty, more acurate, more amusing than this one. It is pure delight.... more »"
R.V.Cassill: "All of it is good. There isn't a page that doesn't deliver something exceptional. The one great mystery is--how in hell did he do it?
Helen MacInnes: "Astory truly of the West, told with wit and lusty humor."« less
A very entertaining historical novel, weaving a (fictional?) central character in with actual people and events of the American West. Jack Crabbe encounters Sitting Bull, Wild Bill Hickock, Calamity Jane, Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, General Custer and others, and is present at many memorable events.
This was made into a popular movie in 1969 starring Dustin Hoffman.
Excellent novel of the west during the time of Custer, Wild Bill Hickok, and Wyatt Earp. This, of course, is the story of Jack Crabb who was adopted into the Cheyenne tribe as a young boy and went on to be the only white survivor of the Little Bighorn massacre. This novel was made into one of my all-time favorite movies starring Dustin Hoffman. And even though the move was superlative, the novel is even better -- fleshing out the character of Crabb, his life among the Cheyenne, his encounters with Hickok, and his time spent with the 7th Cavalry and the climatic battle at the Little Big Horn. The novel gives some wonderful and accurate descriptions of Cheyenne and frontier life. A very high overall recommendation!
I love this book. I've already read it 4 times, and hope to reread. Each time I read it, I find a new nugget of information or description. It was the door that led me to exploring more serious works by and about Native Americans.
