Crazy Horse (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Doris Shannon Garst
- First Published: 1950
- Time of Work: 1840–1877
- Setting: South Dakota
- Principal Characters: Crazy Horse, Hump, No-Water, Red Cloud, Spotted Tail, Sitting Bull
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Nineteenth century, Leadership, Spiritual life or spirituality, Native Americans or American Indians, War, Massacres, Biography, Battles
- Locales: South Dakota
Form and Content
In Crazy Horse: A Great Warrior of the Sioux, Doris Shannon Garst integrates a fictive re-creation of Crazy Horse’s youth into the historical record that documents the decline of the Sioux nation as a free people. Within the framework of factual events, Garst narrates the struggle of young Crazy Horse—originally named Haska, or “light-skinned one”—to distinguish himself as a respected member of his tribe. In the process of growing up, Crazy Horse learns that true heroism can only be realized by those who act in behalf of the good of the...
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