Crazy Horse The Strange Man of the Oglalas by Sandoz, Mari - 1942

New York, NY: Knopf, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Stated first edition. Ivory cloth with red and blue decorative label on spine. Very good. Light foxing at hinges, as usual, as published. Folding map at half title is in excellent condition. Unclipped dust jacket is worn at all edges, color is bright, light soil to rear wrap. Some creasing and chipping with small tears at head and along top edge and corners. A 1" and 2" chip at heel. Closed tear at right edge of dj pine. Else good. No former owner marks." The saga of a great Indian leader, Crazy Horse. His life encompasses the bitter period of the Sioux Wars, which culminated at Little Big Horn. Brought up on tales and legends surrounding him, Sandoz finally felt compelled to trace them to their sources, and from that long research job, this book emerges. It is a book that stands as a monument to white stupidity -- and cupidity --and mismanagement, as the author traces successive tragic mistakes, from the day when a mischance precipitated virtual massacre, to "Custer's last fight". [Kirkus Reviews]