In advance of Independent Bookstore Day, Zaleski gives a few book recommendations.
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The pace of life is picking up as a tide of vaccinations begins to drown the COVID pandemic. We’re feeling safer. However, there still is cause for caution, and that could mean staying home with a good book. Recommendations:
“A Road We Do Not Know: A Novel of Custer at the Little Bighorn” by Frederick J. Chiaventone (Simon & Schuster 1996) is a unique treatment of the most studied battle of the American Indian wars in Dakota Territory in the 1870s. The author states in an introductory note that his novel is not an academic history. He has taken a few liberties with the historical record in order to advance a fictionalized account of the runup to the battle, the extended fighting and the aftermath. It works because
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Former Lakota war chief helped his people assimilate to the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation Did You Know That columnist Curt Eriksmoen concludes the story of Gall, a prominent figure in Dakota Territory, and his role in the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Written By: Curt Eriksmoen | ×
Gall as photographed by David Francis Barry in the 1880s. Public Domain / Special to The Forum
By 1873, the Northern Pacific Railroad (NPRR) had reached Bismarck, with the objective of extending its line to the Pacific Coast in the next few years. However, Bismarck was as far as the trains would go for the next six years. The reasons given for that are largely the obstacle of building a bridge across the Missouri River and the financial collapse of the railroad, which triggered the national Panic of 1873.
we all have to make sacrifices, captain. permission denied. yes, sir. george custer was quite strict with a lot of his officers. it was the extreme way of getting their respect. but when custer came down hard on benteen, there was some personal backing to his decision. before benteen can appeal, his year-old daughter dies. ever the good solider, he continues to obey custer, but his disdain for the general intensifies. oblivious to its effect on his image, custer holds showy outings.
perhaps it would be best not to separate the troops right now. you have your orders, captain go! engaging a hungry and desperate band on the washita in the middle of winter is a heck of a lot different than engaging determined sioux in good weather. but custer is single-minded, separating his men among the hills, where they ll be blinded to each other s positions. major reno will attack the camp head on, while custer swings around and approaches from the rear. a third unit stays back to guard supplies, while captain benteen scouts the surrounding hills. custer sends benteen off, in part because if there s gonna be any glory in battle, benteen s not gonna get any of it. downfield, major reno and his men ride headlong into the fight, unaware that nearly 500
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