Description
S.D. Nelson is descended from Norse and American Indian heritage. He is an enrolled member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and his Lakota name is Maȟpíya Kiny’An, or Flying Cloud.
This gripping dual biography with its signature illustration style, period photographs and paintings, and side-by-side storytelling, shines light on two men whose conflict forever changed Lakota and US history. Fast paced, the book reveals parallels between Crazy Horse and George Armstrong Custer as warriors whose destinies collided in the infamous Battle of the Greasy Grass, also known as the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Nelson masterfully offers two different perspectives on the same historical events. For young adult readers ages 12-18.
This gripping dual biography with its signature illustration style, period photographs and paintings, and side-by-side storytelling, shines light on two men whose conflict forever changed Lakota and US history. Fast paced, the book reveals parallels between Crazy Horse and George Armstrong Custer as warriors whose destinies collided in the infamous Battle of the Greasy Grass, also known as the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Nelson masterfully offers two different perspectives on the same historical events. For young adult readers ages 12-18.