Son of the Morning Star

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For the 1991 television film, see Son of the Morning Star (film).

Son of the Morning Star: Custer and the Little Big Horn is a nonfiction account of the

General George Armstrong Custer, Sitting Bull, Major Marcus Reno, Captain Frederick Benteen, Crazy Horse, and others.[1][2]

Originally intending to write a book of essays about the history of the American West, Connell instead developed his essay about General Custer into a book-length examination of the battle and its combatants. Connell researched the book for four years, visiting the site of the battle four times and consulting previous books, soldier's diaries, and Indian accounts of the battle. After being rejected by several major New York publishers, the book was published by

North Point Press, a small publisher in Berkeley, California, and it went on to become a bestseller.[2]

The book was a critical success as well. Page Stegner in the

Wall Street Journal called it "a scintillating book, thoroughly researched and brilliantly constructed."[3] It was named one of the five best nonfiction volumes of 1984 by the National Book Critics Circle[2] and won the 1985 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History.[4]

In 1991, the book was adapted as a television miniseries, written by Melissa Mathison and directed by Mike Robe, and featuring Gary Cole as General Custer and Rodney A. Grant as Crazy Horse.[5] An audiobook edition was released by Recorded Books in 1985, narrated by Adrian Cronauer.[6]

References

  1. ISBN 0865475105
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  2. ^ a b c Freedman, Samuel G. (13 February 1985). "BOOK ON GENERAL CUSTER IS SURPRISE BEST SELLER". The New York Times.
  3. ISBN 0865475105
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  4. ^ "1985 Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winners". Los Angeles Times. November 3, 1985. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
  5. ^ "Son of the Morning Star (TV Mini-Series 1991– )" – via www.imdb.com.
  6. ^ "Son of the Morning Star: Custer and The Little Bighorn". Audiobooks.com.


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