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"Master storyteller Larry McMurtry, most famous for the Lonesome Dove books, wrote this very slim biography of Crazy Horse, the Sioux warrior who battled against the U.S. Army to keep his people free but ultimately decided they had to surrender. McMurtry begins by describing the monument that is still being built to Crazy Horse in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
Other scholars have written biographies of Crazy Horse hundreds of pages long. McMurtry scoffs at this idea, pointing out right away that Crazy Horse spent only a few months of his life among people who wrote. There simply is not a lot of accurate information about the man. Historians don't even really know for sure which battles he took part in.
McMurtry describes the traditional life of the Sioux and how he claimed white people impinged on their land and way of life. He writes about Crazy Horse's short time living near a reservation and his death, at the hands of other Native Americans. "
Ann Gaines, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Political/social rights fight
Yes
Plotlet:
- minorities fighting for rights
Ethnic/Relig. of subject (inside)
- American Indian
Ethnic/regional/gender
Yes
ethnic of society (outside)
- American (general)
Period of greatest activity?
- 1800's
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- champion of justice
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Biography of famous person?
Yes
Ethnicity
- American Indian
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other people
Physique
- very athletic
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 5 (an average amount)
United States
Yes
The US:
- West
Mountains/Cliffs
Yes
Prairie?
Yes
Misc setting
- fort/military installation
Century:
- 19th century
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Book makes you feel?
- thoughtful
Commentary on society?
Yes
Commentary on
- wicked white people
Writer's slant towards subject:
- favorable
Story of entire life, or part?
- story of nearly entire life
How much dialogue in bio?
- little dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life?
- 51%-75% of book
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