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Little Big Man

by Thomas Berger, Gilda Berger, T. Berger, Thomas Berger, Thomas BERGER · January 2000

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Believe it or not, Jack Crabb is 111 years old. He is also the son of two fathers, one white, the other a Cheyenne Indian chief who gave him the name Little Big Man. As a Cheyenne, Crabb feasted on dog, loved four wives, and saw his people butchered by horse-soldiers commanded by Custer. As a white man, he helped hunt the buffalo into extinction, tangled with Wyatt Earp, cheated Wild Bill Hickok--and lived through the showdown that followed. He also survivied the Battle of Little Bighorn, where he fought side by side with Custer himself--even though he'd sworn to kill him. The basis of a popular film, LITTLE BIG MAN, was hailed by "The Nation" as a "seminal event...the most significant cultural and literary trend of the [1960's]."

Literature and fiction, historical fictionAmerican fiction (fictional works by one author)Indians of north america, fictionFiction, historical, generalFiction, westernsWest (u.s.), fictionCheyenne IndiansFictionWestern storiesHistorical fictionFrontier and pioneer lifeFiction, historical