Ebook {Epub PDF} The Lance and the Shield: The Life and Times of Sitting Bull by Robert M. Utley

The Lance and the Shield - Robert M. Utley - A flesh-and-blood portrait of one of the most misunderstood figures in American history shows Sitting Bull from both the settler and the Lakota perspective--a courageous warrior, a spiritual leader, and stubborn defender of traditional ways. Reprint. The lance and the shield - Robert Marshall. lance and shield: life and times of sitting bull. by robert m. bltadwin.ru Rating: % positive. Lance and the Shield: The Life and Times of Sitting Bull Hardcover – July 1, by. Robert M. Utley (Author) › Visit Amazon's Robert M. Utley Page. Find all /5(76).

Utley, Robert M. The Lance and the Shield: The Life and Times of Sitting Bull (New York: Henry Holt Co., ). History Book Club main selection. Book of the Month Club. Paperback edition: New York: Ballantine, Quality Paperback Book Club. The Lance and the Shield: The Life and Times of Sitting Bull Robert M. Utley, Author Henry Holt Company $25 (p) ISBN More By and About This Author. In the past decade biography as a field within American history has made a strong comeback, and Robert M. Utley's study of the Hunkpapa Lakota (Sioux) leader Sitting Bull is an excellent contribution to the field. Writing the life story of an Indian leader who died more than one hundred years ago is difficult at best. For example, even the birth date of the subject is open to question.

"The Lance and the Shield" is a must read for those seeking knowledge about the Lakota war chief, Sitting Bull. Those that know nothing of him will glean helpful information from this book, and will learn many fascinating and interesting things, but moreover, you will learn about someone who dedicated his entire life in service of his people, something our world is sorely lacking in the leaders we have today. Now, distinguished historian Robert M. Utley has forged a compelling new portrait of Sitting Bull, viewing the man from the Lakota perspective for the very first time to render the most unbiased and historically accurate biography of Sitting Buil to date. WINNER OF THE SPUR AWARD FOR BEST WESTERN NONFICTION. Robert L. Utley's Sitting Bull: The Life and Times of an American Patriot, written in , provides an authoritative account of the life of Sitting Bull from a historian's perspective. His primary source material was taken from the Walter S. Campbell Collection at the University of Oklahoma Library in Norman, Oklahoma along with official government records from the US and Canada.