Song of Dewey Beard: Last Survivor of the Little Bighorn
- ISBN-10
- 0803269366
- ISBN-13
- 9780803269361
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 247
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-10
- Publisher
- U of Nebraska Press
- Author
- Philip Burnham
Description
Profiles the Lakota who witnessed the Battle of Little Bighorn and the massacre at Wounded Knee, worked in Hollywood and for Buffalo Bill Cody's "Wild West Show," and fought for the transformation of the Black Hills.
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