Wooden Leg: A Warrior Who Fought Custer (Second Edition)

by Thomas B. Marquis and Wooden Leg

Book Overview

Told with vigor and insight, this is the memorable story of Wooden Leg (1858-1940), one of sixteen hundred warriors of the Northern Cheyennes who fought with the Lakotas against Custer at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Wooden Leg remembers the world of the Cheyennes before they were forced onto reservations. He tells of growing up on the Great Plains and learning how to be a Cheyenne man. We hear from him about Cheyenne courtship, camp life, spirituality,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803282885
• ISBN13: 9780803282889
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Bison Books
• Length: 389 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

Wooden Leg is an interesting view of the Battle of the Little Big Horn...

I have read this book before. I keep loaning it out or giving it to other people. This book is mostly told to a sociologist by Wooden Leg; however, he refers to other Native American men who support the version of events as Wooden Leg told them.