The Life and Death of Crazy Horse
by Russell Freedman
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A biography of the Oglala leader who relentlessly resisted the white man's attempt to take over Indian lands.Tags
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This moving biography recounts Crazy Horse's rise to greatness as a Sioux warrior, as well as the hardships and battles his people endured trying to save their land. Historical illustrations by Crazy Horse's cousin, Amos Bad Heart Bull, accompany the text.
I can't not stress enough how beautiful the illustrations are in this book, along with the story being told. It is extremely important the children be made aware of the struggle to was involved in the government take over of native american land in the United States. It is onderful to read about one mans determination and will to fight for what he believed in. This is a message the could be useful for adults and children.
I would use this book in an upper elementary, middle or high school classrooms. I think this book would be best for these grade levels because of the difficulty level of the book and the content of the book as well. I would use this book as apart of a lesson about native American history.
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Russell Freedman was born in San Francisco, California on October 11, 1929. He received a bachelor's degree in English from the University of California, Berkeley in 1951. After college, he served in the U.S. Counter Intelligence Corps during the Korean War. After his military service, he became a reporter and editor with the Associated Press. In show more 1956, he took a position at the advertising agency J. Walter Thompson in New York, where he did publicity writing for television. In 1965, he became a full-time writer. His first book, Teenagers Who Made History, was published in 1961. He went on to publish more than 60 nonfiction titles for young readers including Immigrant Kids, Cowboys of the Old West, Indian Chiefs, Martha Graham: A Dancer's Life, Confucius: The Golden Rule, Because They Marched: The People's Campaign for Voting Rights That Changed America, Vietnam: A History of the War, and The Sinking of the Vasa. He received the Newbery Medal for Lincoln: A Photobiography and three Newbery Honors for Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery, The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane, and The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights. He also received the Regina Medal, the May Hill Arbuthnot Lecture Award, the Orbis Pictus Award, the Sibert Medal, a Sibert Honor, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal, and the National Humanities Medal. He died on March 16, 2018 at the age of 88. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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