In "Son of the Morning Star," Mr. Connell explores deeply the personalities of Custer and the other federal and Indian leaders. Custer, seen by some as a hero, by others as the cause of the defeat, was an enigmatic and extravagant figure, fearless in battle and sentimental in repose. It is said that on first seeing through field glasses the more than four miles of Allied Indian...(展开全部)

On a scorching June Sunday in 1876, thousands of Indian warriors - Lakota Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapaho - converged on a grassy ridge above the valley of Montana's Little Bighorn River. On the ridge five companies of United States cavalry - 262 soldiers, comprising officers and troopers - fought desperately but hopelessly. When the guns fell silent, no soldier - including their c...(展开全部)

伊文·S﹒ 康奈尔，1924年生于美国堪萨斯城，曾就读于堪萨斯大学，作家，著有数部脍炙人口的长篇小说。他的著作《布里奇先生》和《布里奇夫人》被誉为1960年至1974年美国民族之书。他的作品曾获得过美国兰南文学奖、美国艺术与文学学院奖和罗伯特基尔希奖，他本入也成为美国第三位获普利策文学奖的提名人。