Book Description
"One of the very best novels of the decade and the
very best ever about the American West." - New York
Times Book Review, on LITTLE BIG MAN
In 1964, LITTLE BIG MAN gave us the reminiscences of Jack
Crabb - a white orphan raised among the Cheyenne - who
returns to "civilized" society, where (among other
things) he tangles with Wyatt Earp and Wild Bill Hickok, and
ends up as only white survivor of Custer's Last Stand. Now in
THE RETURN OF LITTLE BIG MAN, the sequel to that bestselling
literary classic, Jack Crabb, the foremost chronicler of the
American West, continues his fabulous adventures.
At the end of LITTLE BIG MAN, Jack's supposed death at age
111 cut short his tale. A newly discovered manuscript,
however, reveals that Jack had faked his death to get out of
his publishing contract, and he now picks up the story of his
extraordinary action-packed life.
Back in the saddle again, Jack gives a blow-by-blow
eyewitness account of the assassination of Wild Bill Hickok,
and reveals what really happened at the O.K. Corral. He
meets, shoots, drinks, and rides with Bat Masterson, Annie
Oakley, Doc Holliday, and dozens of ordinary Western folk:
teachers, bargirls, saloon owners, cowboys, trappers, and
gunslingers. Jack even travels to Europe with Buffalo Bill
Cody in his Wild West show, where he is embraced by Queen
Victoria and the Prince of Wales. And in a gut-wrenching
finale, Jack witnesses the murder of one of one of America's
greatest heroes - Sitting Bull.
As in LITTLE BIG MAN, Thomas Berger's meticulous research
enriches his story with authenticity and historical accuracy.
THE RETURN OF LITTLE BIG MAN is an astonishing literary
achievement and a rollicking good read.
