The Return of Little Big Man (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Thomas Berger
- First Published: 1999
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: 1876-1893
- Setting: Deadwood and Standing Rock, Dakota Territory; Dodge City, Kansas; North Platte, Nebraska; Tombstone, Arizona Territory; Chicago; New York City; London; Paris; and other locations in the United States and Europe
- Principal Characters: Jack Crabb, Amanda Teasdale, William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody, Sitting Bull, James Butler “Wild Bill” Hickok, W. B. “Bat” Masterson, Wyatt Earp, Virgil Earp, John “Doc” Holliday, Allie Earp, Annie Oakley, Frank Butler, Elizabeth “Libbie” Bacon Custer, Pard
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Love or romance, Nineteenth century, Europe or Europeans, Native Americans or American Indians, Legends, Entertaining or entertainers, Westerns
- Locales: New York, NY, Europe, United States, Paris, France, Chicago, IL, London, England, Deadwood, Dakota Territory, Dodge City, KS, North Platte, NE, Standing Rock, Dakota Territory, Tombstone, AZ
Thomas Berger’s Little Big Man (1964) is both an entertaining comic novel and a moving exploration of divisions within the American character. Jack Crabb, a 111-year-old resident of a nursing home, recounts his life, from an Indian attack on his family, resulting in his being raised by the Cheyenne, to his being the only white survivor of the Battle of the Little Bighorn. In between, Jack moves between the two cultures, never truly feeling at home in either. The Return of Little Big Man continues Jack’s story for another seventeen years, during which he encounters...
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