{"product_id":"song-of-dewey-beard-last-survivor-of-the-little-bighorn-paperback-softback-9781496207678","title":"Song of Dewey Beard; Last Survivor of the Little Bighorn (Paperback \/ softback) 9781496207678","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSong of Dewey Beard\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eLast Survivor of the Little Bighorn\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePhilip Burnham (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781496207678\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 October 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e294 pages, 25 photographs, 1 genealogy, 4 maps, index\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"Using a genuine relationship with Beard’s relatives and intertwining their own personal stories into the narrative, Burnham underscores the legacy left them by this man who just lived life as best as he knew how.\"-Nancy S. Gillis, \u003ci\u003eNebraska History\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"Burnham reignites a too-little-told story of one of the most extraordinary figures of Great Plains history.\"-Kevin Hooper, \u003ci\u003eGreat Plains Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eSong of Dewey Beard\u003c\/i\u003e is an excellent study of a lesser-known Lakota warrior.\"-Paul Beck, \u003ci\u003eWestern Historical Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“A well-contextualized oral history of a remarkable man. . . . Highly engaging.”-Debra Buchholtz, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"This biography gives the Lakota people a written version of a story worth telling future generations.\"-Danielle Perez-St. Antoine, \u003ci\u003eChronicles of Oklahoma\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The remarkable Dewey Beard was a man who seemed to live forever-old enough to have fought at the Little Bighorn in 1876 and its last survivor when he finally died in 1955. What the old-time Lakota were like, and what they lived through in those seventy years, is the subject of Philip Burnham’s original, bracing, touching, surprising, and vigorously written book. Take note, this is something we have never seen before: a serious, and sometimes funny, and often dramatic, and always interesting account of a Lakota life after the buffalo were gone. That’s where the story usually stops. Burnham lets Beard tell us what happened next.”-Tom Powers, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Killing of Crazy Horse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"By scouring the archives and conducting personal interviews, Philip Burnham has helped clarify the historical record, teasing out new information and dispelling lingering myths. \u003ci\u003eSong of Dewey Beard\u003c\/i\u003e is a thoroughly researched, well-written, and engaging book.\"—Akim Reinhardt, author of \u003ci\u003eRuling Pine Ridge: Oglala Lakota Politics from the IRA to Wounded Knee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThe resistance of great Native American warriors to the U.S. government in the war against the Plains Indians is a well-known chapter in the story of the American West. In the aftermath of the great resistance, as the Indian nations recovered from war, many figures loomed heroic, yet their stories are mostly unknown. This long-overdue biography of Dewey Beard (ca. 1862–1955), a Lakota who witnessed the Battle of Little Bighorn and survived the Wounded Knee Massacre, chronicles a remarkable life that can be traced through major historical events from the late nineteenth into the mid-twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Beard was not only a witness to two major events involving the Lakota; he also traveled with William “Buffalo Bill” Cody’s Wild West show, worked as a Hollywood Indian, and witnessed the grand transformation of the Black Hills into a tourism mecca. Beard spent most of his later life fighting to reclaim his homeland and acting as an advocate for his family and his people. With a keen eye for detail and a true storyteller’s talent, Philip Burnham presents the man behind the legend of Dewey Beard and shows how the life of the last survivor of Little Bighorn provides a glimpse into the survival of indigenous America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1. Origins and Family\u003cbr\u003e2. Growing Up\u003cbr\u003e3. Little Bighorn\u003cbr\u003e4. Canada\u003cbr\u003e5. Wounded Knee\u003cbr\u003e6. Cody\u003cbr\u003e7. Fox Belly\u003cbr\u003e8. Pine Ridge\u003cbr\u003e9. Gunnery Range\u003cbr\u003e10. Last Man Standing\u003cbr\u003e11. American Horse Creek\u003cbr\u003e12. The Song of Dewey Beard\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Bison Books","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52599891329304,"sku":"9781496207678","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/song-of-dewey-beard-last-survivor-of-the-little-bighorn-paperback-softback-9781496207678","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}