Sitting Bull War Chief of the Sioux by Richard O’Connor

Sitting Bull

War Chief of the Sioux

by Richard O’Connor

McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1968, [First Edition], illustrated frontispiece, black and white line drawings in text, hardcover, dustjacket

Very Good Condition, a little edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, ex-library with stamps and stickers to front and back end papers, price-clipped dustjacket shows a little edge and shelf wear with a little rubbing and bumping to edges and corners (see photographs)

“It was Sitting Bull who defeated Custer in the battle that most Americans remember as “Custer’s Last Stand.”  More accurately, the battle might be called, “Sitting Bull’s Last Stand,” for Sitting Bull knew that the victory marked the end of the free-roaming life of the Plains Indians.  But a victory, this great leader realized, would give his people pride in their heritage, and it did.
Richard O’Connor introduces readers to a boy named “Slow” by his parents because he was deliberate and thoughtful.  At fourteen Slow’s great dream was to become a warrior.  He proved his bravery and received a new name, Sitting Bull.”