Warriors, leaders, and legends

Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull: Their names are iconic, their significance in American history undeniable. Together, these two Lakota chiefs, one a fabled warrior and the other a revered holy man, crushed George Armstrong Custer’s vaunted Seventh Cavalry. Yet their victory at the Battle of Little Big Horn has overshadowed the rest of their complex lives. Now, based on years of research and drawing on a wealth of sources, author Mark Lee Gardner delivers the definitive chronicle of these extraordinary leaders.

An essential addition to the canon of Indigenous American history and literature of the West, The Earth Is All That Lasts is a grand saga of two fascinating men who fought for the freedom of their people against impossible odds.

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