Analysis Of Crazy Horse: The Battle Of Little Big Horn

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There has been a plethora of battles throughout the history of our Nation. Some of them longer than others, but every one of them has great significance in our past. The Battle of Little Big Horn was an important event for the Native Americans who defeated the U.S. Army and this battle definitely contributed to what happened after. This paper focuses on the Battle of Little Big Horn. I am going to analyze the second part of the book Crazy Horse: A Life. The second part of the book begins in chapter 11 and ends in chapter 20. Moreover, I will compare the point of view of the book with the point of view in the article The Wheeling daily intelligencer.

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