On the morning of June 25, 1876, a force of 700 men from the 7th US
Calvary led by General George Armstrong Custer attacked an Indian
encampment on the banks of the Little Big Horn River. Unbeknownst to
Custer, he faced the combined might of the Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho
tribes, led by their greatest chiefs, Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse.
Advised by his Indian scouts not to attack, the foolhardy general
ignored their warnings and trusted to "Custer's luck" one last time. . .
In this commemorative edition of his first published book, Goble
recounts the tale of Custer's last battle through the eyes of Red Hawk,
a fictional young Lakota warrior. Presented in the shorter format that
Goble originally intended, and combined with a new author's introduction
and a foreword by Joe Medicine Crow, the Crow tribal historian whose
grandfather was one of Custer's own scouts, readers will marvel at this
tale of honor and bravery.