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Title: Killing Custer: The Battle of the Little Bighorn and the Fate of the Plains Indians by James Welch, Paul Stekler, Paul Jeffrey Stekler ISBN: 0-14-025176-6 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: it's a good day to die
Comment: It's a good day to die; the book was issued in France under this title.Looking for other books on this american site,I was surprised and shocked to read some of the reviews.I think this book is important . Of course, I guess that many books have been written about this subject, and I don't know if this one gives us more informations than the others.But what is important to me is the fact that this book has been written by an indian,a man who has more than anyone else, the right to speak about what happened to his people. The 20's century great democracies, including France,can't be proud of their foundations.America with indian and black peoples,France in the West Indies ,and North Africa.One thing surprises me in the reviews of this book:a reviewer only writes about the Little Big Horn battle,although the book goes from 1869 to Sitting Bull's death in 1890.He is sad not to have been able to see the Reno site while visiting the country; personnaly,I would have prefered (and hope I'll have the opportunity) to spend a few hours on the place,near the river,where the Sioux and Cheyennes were living with their families.Another reviewer complains about "the political subtones of the author".And so what? Senator McCarthy fortunately died,no? And I think Mr Welch ,like any other human being, can and has to have a political conciousness.YOu can agree with him or not,but you can't reproach him with telling what he thinks .I was glad to read this book,and I recommend it to you.
Rating: 2
Summary: Another Ghost Dance?
Comment: Killing Custer starts out lame and limps along like a horse with three shoes! The Author has a good opportunity to present a Native American viewpoint on a great battle (Native American vs the White Anglo) but choose to wander and bounces from personal grudges to mythical happening to political agendas! As this book progress, the reader is left with the feeling that the material being presented is inadequate to make a complete book and that the author adds side-bars to flesh out the copy. Little new information is added to the existing knowledge and most of the material presented is tainted with the political subtones of the author. To bad... as this book could have been a good one for the library!
Rating: 1
Summary: Totally lacking of any worthwhile information on the battle.
Comment: Until the author mentions that he is a native american I thought he was just ignorantly biased. He laments the tourism of the Black Hills and Mt. Rushmore while complaing and totally ignores the Crazy Horse Memorial which will dwarf Rushmore when completed. He concludes that it was just fine for Means to block access to important segments of "Custer Battlefield National Monument" while ignoring the rights of other Americans to visit the battlefield. (My family came all the way from Texas and were unable to see the Reno site because of the illegal blockade which had nothing to do with the Sun Dance.) Who wants to hear the usual park service inaccurate litanies when the real 'mccoy' is outside the door. There should be a rating lower than 1 star for tripe such as this book. Of the more than 97 books I have on the Custer Battlefield and Indian wars, this one is the second worst. The author omits anything that would detract from his agenda and ignores countless resources that would prove his hypothesis wrong at many key points. He doesn't even believe the winter count records apparently. I was most disappointed in this book. The title should be " My views or A Midsummer Nights Dream". I wonder how much of his royalties the author has donated to the Northern Cheyenne or to the various Sioux councils.
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Title: The Heartsong of Charging Elk : A Novel by JAMES WELCH ISBN: 0385496753 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 02 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Fools Crow (Contemporary American Fiction) by James Welch ISBN: 0140089373 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 1987 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: To Die For by Cecilia Elizabeth O'Leary ISBN: 0691070520 Publisher: Princeton University Press Pub. Date: 15 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Where the Girls Are: Growing Up Female With the Mass Media by Susan J. Douglas ISBN: 0812925300 Publisher: Three Rivers Press (CA) Pub. Date: 01 April, 1995 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Winter in the Blood (Contemporary American Fiction Series) by James Welch ISBN: 0140086447 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1992 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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