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"An engrossing, carefully investigated, and tautly written consideration of the crucial section in American history." -L A Times With an incredible body of work which includes Within the Center of the Ocean and Pulitzer Prize finalist Mayflower, Nathaniel Philbrick has surfaced as a historian with a distinctive capability to bring history alive. The Last Stand is Philbrick's amazing reappraisal of the clash in the Little Bighorn in 1876 that gave birth to the story of Custer's Last Stand. Getting a wealth of fresh data to his topic, in addition to his characteristic literary style, Philbrick particulars the crash between two American symbols- George Armstrong Custer and Sitting Bull-that both parties desired to prevent, and superbly describes the way the fight that ensued hasbeen shaped and reshaped by national fantasy.