The Return of Little Big Man | Themes
A central theme of the novel is Jack Crabb's desire to find social respectability and love in the years following the battle of the Little Big Horn. As the story opens, Crabb is virtually a derelict, having been rescued from destitution by Hickok's surprising charity. By the novel's close, Crabb has mastered several social roles, and has acquired some moral stature, although he remains something of an outsider. The novel chronicles Crabb's middle years, from 1875 to 1893, beginning with his brief period in Deadwood (where he witnesses the murder of Hickok) and taking the reader through...
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