General George Armstrong Custer was a brave, ambitious, stupid cavalryman. Bravely, ambitiously and stupidly he rode with under 70 troopers into the greatest war party the Indians ever assembled in North America, mustering some 20, 000 braves. He and his band were wiped out. . Evan s. Connell is a novelist and he has brought a novelist s audacity to th construction of SON OF THE MORNING STAR, a civilized and compassionate history. This is a magnificent book. FINANCIAL TIMES Custer s Last Stand is amongst the most enduring events in American history - more than a hundred years after the fact, books continue to be written and people continue to argue about even the most basic details surrounding the Little Bighorn. Evan S. Connell, whom Joyce Carol Oates has described as one of our most intersting and intelligent American writers , wrote what continues to be the most reliable - and compulsively readable - account of the subject. Connell makes good use of his research and novelist s
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This is Reece Eddy’s time we are just watching the clock. Longstick midfield is one of the hardest positions to adjust to when a player makes the jump from college to the pros. The only other position that is harder is probably goalie, and it’s for the exact same reason: speed. Eddy certainly adjusted to the speed quickly, but one of the reasons that the Chrome protected Eli Salama over him is that, physically, Salama is better built for the mean grass streets between the hash marks. Still, Eddy is a phenomenal complement. There is no other player I would want as my second LSM in a two or even three-pole [faints] face-off situation, but you want a do-it-all defensive option as your No. 1, you won’t get that in this draft and it’s a rare commodity. LSMs are like cornerbacks in the NFL you need young ones to coach up because they still have that bounce. You take Eddy and add a more offensive-minded guy to pair him with like cagey veteran Troy Reh. That’s right: We got s
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