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National Book Critics Circle Award FinalistWinner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Best History“Nothing short of a masterpiece. Complex and compelling, lurid and lyrical, tragic and transcendent from start to finish.”—The Christian Science Monitor“Chilling and unforgettable. . . . A portrait done in the blood of the heartland, a heart still beating after all these years. Powers has given us a great book, a great painting of that still-beating heart.”—The Washington Post“Richly textured. . . . Carefully and elegantly wrought. . . . Powers tells us much that is revealing and moving about the Sioux in their last days as free warriors.”—The New York Times Book Review “A story rife with intrigue, rivalry, factionalism, jealousy and betrayal. Powers works through this maze with admirable insight. . . . The Killing of Crazy Horse will stand the test of time.”—The Wall Street Journal “Superb. . . . An epic tale. . . . Powers’s book reads like a fine historical novel, rich in important detail and fully formed minor characters, filled with felicitous summary of crucial information.”—St. Louis Post-Dispatch “A skillfully written, meticulously researched book that covers far more than the chief’s final days and hours.”—Chicago Tribune “Masterful. . . . A fascinating portrait of the great and mysterious Sioux war chief and of the pivotal era in hour history in which he lived and died. . . . [Powers] is not only an accomplished digger of facts but someone who understands that in matters of war and politics there are very few good—or bad—guys.”—St. Petersburg Times “A compelling look into the politics and prejudices that shaped the era. . . . Evocative and evenhanded. . . . A rich and worthwhile read.”—The Oregonian “Packed with hundreds of memorable characters, sharply drawn . . . an incredible mix of life that few books or movies present as well as this book does. . . . This is a masterful book, an epic read. Powers has repaid the Indians he found compelling and mysterious as a kid 60 years ago with this marvelous, well-told tale.”—The Washington Times “Sophisticated and unsentimental. . . . [Powers] has crafted a masterful account of The Great Sioux Wars and solved a murder mystery.”—Tulsa World “[A] landmark history. . . . A well-balanced account of the clash of cultures and civilizations. . . . Powers brings the characters to life better than any previous author. . . . What Powers has so masterfully portrayed is the political bickering within the Sioux nation and the U.S. Army’s role in one of the most shameful episodes in American history.”—Army Magazine “There is a sustained feeling of excitement throughout the book, a sense of the historian’s hunt. . . . Powers is determined to untie the knots, to find out how Crazy Horse really died and why.”—Los Angeles Times “Tom Powers’s masterpiece, long awaited and very worth the wait. It’s one of the finest books yet written about the American West—dense with insight, filled with fascinating characters, including a fine portrait of the enigmatic warrior Crazy Horse. Anyone interested in the settlement of the West should hurry and buy it.”—Larry McMurtry “Tremendous. . . . The Killing of Crazy Horse is one of the most moving and compassionate books on the Indian Wars published in some time.”—The American Scholar “Never before has this story been told so masterfully.”—True West Magazine “Lucid, controlled and compulsively readable. . . . A skillful synthesis of historical research and contested narrative, resonant with enduring loss.”—Kirkus Reviews “Intricately structured and exhaustively researched, Thomas Powers’s powerful narrative thrashes its way through the thickets of the Big Horn and Yellowstone Expedition to solve the conundrum of the killing of Crazy Horse. By giving equal weight to the Indian narrative, Powers gives the story the complexity it deserves.”—Ted Morgan, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of Wilderness at Dawn: The Settling of the North American Continent and A Shovel of Stars: The Making of the American West
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About the Author
Thomas Powers is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and writer best known for his books on the history of intelligence organizations. Among them are Intelligence Wars: American Secret History from Hitler to al-Qaeda; Heisenberg’s War: The Secret History of the German Bomb; and The Man Who Kept the Secrets: Richard Helms and the CIA. The Killing of Crazy Horse won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for history; the Western Writers of America Spur Award for historical nonfiction; and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in the biography category. For most of the last decade Powers kept a 1984 Volvo at a nephew’s house in Colorado, which he drove on frequent trips to the northern Plains. He lives in Vermont with his wife, Candace.
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Product details
Paperback: 592 pages
Publisher: Vintage (November 1, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0375714308
ISBN-13: 978-0375714306
Product Dimensions:
5.2 x 1 x 8 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:
4.4 out of 5 stars
85 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
#149,024 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
A marvelous account of the story of Crazy Horse. I've read numerous accounts of the Great Sioux War, starting with Mari Sandoz, of course, and including among others, Utley, Connell, Philbrick, and Robinson, and this is the first cohesive description of the events, including the who did or said what to whom, that lead up to the killing of Crazy Horse from the time of his surrender. Greed, jealousy, betrayal, and the hunger for power and fame, are human traits that are front and center in many of the situations related to the Crazy Horse story. The book is meticulously footnoted and sourced. However, the Sioux that are front and center did not speak English. All of what they said is through the words of an interpreter. I think it is important to be aware of this as youread.I thought the context that Powers used to describe the Custer fight was especially interesting. After taking you through Crook's Battle of the Rosebud, there is only the mention of a dusty cloud from the direction of the Little Big Horn area a week later as Crook and his command are licking their wounds after their fight. The Custer fight is described in a later chapter as Crook and Sheridan are off on a hunting and fishing trip in the vicinity of the Little Big Horn battle.Some reviewers have complained about the infinite detail, which is, in my opinion, a strength. However, if you dont have some familiarity with the material to begin with this many not be a good place to begin.
After reading Bray's Crazy Horse a year ago, I approached Tom Powers' book with some trepidation. I'm pleased to say that Powers did precisely what Bray failed to do: sort through the evidence and parse together a coherent narrative, weighing sources and giving the reader ways to gauge their accuracy and reliability. you will finish the book with a clear sense of what happened and why.Let me give you just one example of how Powers goes beyond the paper-shuffling in Bray's "biography": Bray reports that Crazy Horse's friend Touch the Clouds said, while looking down at the dying chief, "He got what he deserved." Sorting through the notes, we can discover that this "statement" was recorded by an Army officer responsible for Crazy Horse's death and the officer did not understand Lakota. Powers mentions the same report, and points out that what Touch the Clouds actually said in Lakota was probably "He was looking for death, and it came." It's a trivial point, but Powers uses it to title and end a chapter, and his correction shows a sensitivity to Lakota culture that is absent from Bray's book.Although Powers most foregrounded source is Bill Garnett, a half-Sioux interpreter who didn't like Crazy Horse, what emerges here seems fair, if painfully sad, and the Indian sources, which Bray scarcely seems aware of, are present on every page. That does not mean a partisan polemic. Powers doesn't paint the players in black and white. Perhaps the saddest thing in the book is the universal prevalence of venality in humans.There have been some complaints about the digressiveness of the book. I attribute that to our collective ADD. Powers understands that "we are all related," and like Dennis Banks' autobiography, the story begins before the central figure's birth and extends beyond his immediate surroundings. The book does need a good edit, but primarily because Powers tends to repeat certain telling or evocative details as if mentioning them for the first time. For the leisurely reader, it's a minor quibble.Buffs and experts will quarrel over details, because the "true" story of Crazy Horse has been revocably lost to myth, lies, and love. But this is the book to measure the other historical accounts against.
Thomas Power's The Killing of Crazy Horse is most deserving of the praise offered by fellow authors Larry McMurtry and Evan Thomas. Power's work of non-fiction ventures miles beyond the compelling story of Crazy Horse to encompass a rich journey into the final years of the Sioux and the demise of their culture upon the great northern plains.Power's detail into the relationships of members of the Sioux families together with their interface with the white trappers, adventurers , soldiers, translators and scouts tells the story of what actually occurred to bring about the destruction of this once proud Indian Nation. Power's research is so outstanding that he seems to have personally absorbed the Sioux culture, language, relationships, spirituality, pride and passions and then realistically tells the tale in a captivating style. The context is so strong it seems that Powers was present in the teepee, on the battlefield, smoking the pipe, on the Powder River, at the Sun Dance and at The Killing of Crazy Horse.Unique in its approach, Powers relates the story through the voices of the Indians, the families of Sitting Bull , Crazy Horse , Red Cloud, and the half breeds who served both the Indians and the military often in duplicitous and self dealing fashion. General Crook's role as the major facilitator in the demise of Crazy Horse delves into the personality and motives of the man who so influenced the fate of Crazy Horse and the northern tribes.The story of the Oglala Sioux and Crazy Horse can not be told without Custer and the Little Big Horn. I have read much of this historic event but never before have I seen this epic through the eyes of Crazy Horse and the Sioux themselves, present on the Little Big Horn Battlefield that day.Every word counts in the very best of non-fiction writing and The Killing of Crazy Horse meets this standard on each page. Crazy Horse: " I am no white man! They are the only people who make rules for other people who say, if you stay on one side of this line it's peace, but if you go on the other side I will kill you. I don't hold with deadlines. There is plenty of room, camp where you please."In his Afterword, Powers perfectly captures this reader's reaction to his work: " My effort here has been to tell the story in a way that helps readers to experience its weight and quality-the feel of it." Powers words " the feel of it " become abundantly apparent.The Killing of Crazy Horse eclipses all expectations of " the feel of it," learning from the people, places, triumphs and tragedies of the Oglala Sioux.Thomas Powers is a Pulitzer Prize winning writer. He has also written Intelligence Wars : American Secret History from Hitler to al-Qaeda; Heisenberg's War: The Secret History of the German Bomb; and The Man Who Kept the Secrets: Richard Helms and the CIA.For more go to gordonsgoodreads.com
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