Sitting Bull

by Bill Yenne

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Sitting Bull's name is still the best known of any American Indian leader, but his life and legacy have been shrouded with misinformation and half-truths. Tracing Sitting Bull's history from a headstrong youth and his first contact with encroaching settlers, through his ascension as the spiritual and military leader of the Lakota, friendshipwith a Swiss-American widow from New York, and death at the hands of the Indian police on the eve of the massacre at Wounded Knee, Bill Yenne, in Sitting Bull, finds a man who, in the face of an uncertain future, helped ensure the survival of his people.
  • ISBN10 1594160929
  • ISBN13 9781594160929
  • Publish Date 1 March 2009 (first published 1 April 2008)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Westholme Publishing, U.S.
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 392
  • Language English