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Thick Headed Military Leaders, So What Else Is New

The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn by Nathaniel Philbrick

November 1, 2026 by elderberrywine Leave a Comment

cbr18 bingo Versus Color me impressed.  I’ve read this story more than once, but this time around, I really got it.  Philbrick is an amazing writer and historian, and I see he’s got quite a back catalogue that I fully intent to explore.  And oddly enough, I had already purchased another book of his, which is in my To-Read pile, on California history, before I began this one.  Welp, I guess I know what’s coming up in the queue! We mostly all know the basics […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction, Western Tagged With: 19th Century American history, Badlands topography, cbr18 bingo versus, George Custer, Military strategy, Nathaniel Philbrick, Plains Indians - all the trobes, Sitting Bull, So many (very uselful!) maps, Tribal politics, Westward expansion

elderberrywine's CBR18 Review No:28 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction, Western · Tags: 19th Century American history, Badlands topography, cbr18 bingo versus, George Custer, Military strategy, Nathaniel Philbrick, Plains Indians - all the trobes, Sitting Bull, So many (very uselful!) maps, Tribal politics, Westward expansion ·
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