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Book Review of Custer's Fall : The Native American Side of the Story

Custer's Fall : The Native American Side of the Story
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The day began with the killing of a ten-year-old Indian boy by the U.S. cavalry troopers.Before it ended,all of those troopers and their commander,George Armstrong Custer,lay dead on the battlefield of the Little Big Horn-the worst defeat ever inflicted by Native Americans on the U.S. military.In this book the full story of that dramatic day,the events leading up to it,and its aftermath,are told by the only ones who survivved to recount it-the Indians.