On the Trail of Crazy Horse (Expanded, Annotated)

This is history as it was. Yes, opinions and language written here may be offensive to some readers today, but this is an accurate account of how things were then. Life on the frontier was brutal and deadly. A sanitized and glossed-over revision to please certain modern sensitibilities would only dilute the historical account.

Can't believe the earlier reviewers-this is a fantastic journal and history of that timeframe with Crook in the Yellowstone, Big Horn and Black Hills during the Indian wars. Focuses on the daily trials and tribulations of the average soldier in a way that most histories do not. I came away with a better understanding of the daily existence of both the Native Americans and the US Army at that time.

The author was with Crook and later with Miles, as well had the privilege of visiting the Sitting Bull's village in Canada before their return to the US. Modern readers are not used to the writing style and culture at the time, however in consideration the narrative flows well and provides a comprehensive record of the events.

Some good insight but way too wordy and too fixated on every name rank and outfit of every person he ever spoke to it gets to be like reading the phone book after a while

thanks

This book reflects primarily White/European accounts and thoughts about Natives and historical events. There aren't good citations for "facts" or information shared. Inappropriate language is used and native cultural information and traditions are not correct.

This book may have a place in a historian's private library. Any verifiable primary sources are revered, even if the writer of that primary resource is short-sighted. Besides using passages in that way, this book will have sold better back at the time these were written. There just isn't room today for a point of view that may have been forward-thinking in the late 1800s, but sadly racist and uninformed by modern standards.