Killing Crazy Horse

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Killing Crazy Horse
Killing Crazy Horse, book cover, Sept. 2020.jpg
Author Bill O'Reilly
Martin Dugard
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Subject American Indian Wars, Crazy Horse
Publisher Henry Holt and Company
Publication date
September 8, 2020
Media typeHardcover
Pages304
ISBN 978-1-62779-704-7
Preceded by Killing the SS  
Followed byKilling the Mob 

Killing Crazy Horse: The Merciless Indian Wars in America is a book written by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard about clashes with Native Americans during the American Indian Wars of the 1800s. It is the ninth book in the Killing series, following Killing Lincoln , Killing Kennedy , Killing Jesus , Killing Patton , Killing Reagan , Killing the Rising Sun , Killing England and Killing the SS . The book was released on September 8, 2020.

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Synopsis

Killing Crazy Horse focuses on the American frontier during the 1800s and the clashes between settlers and Native Americans. O'Reilly and Dugard tell the story of American expansion out West through Native American warriors such as Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, Chief Joseph, Cochise, Black Hawk and Red Cloud; U.S. Presidents Andrew Jackson and Ulysses S. Grant; and General George Armstrong Custer leading up to his encounter with Crazy Horse at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

Reception

Killing Crazy Horse spent 10 weeks on the New York Times Top 10 Best Sellers Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list and 15 weeks on the Top 10 Best Sellers Hardcover Nonfiction list. [1] [2]

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