The biggest challenge in writing about the Little Big Horn? “It’s not to sort out the conundrums of history: What happened here? Who fell where?” says Thomas Powers, shown on the battlefield. “It’s the narrative. It’s hard to get out of the way and write it so that all the natural emotion would rise to the story itself. For a guy like me, it took an immense act of discipline just to shut up.” — By Johnny D. Boggs – [/c


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