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...Morning Star: Custer and the Little Bighorn by Evan S. Connell (1984). The author, one of America's most underappreciated novelists (Mrs. Bridge, 1959; Mr. Bridge, 1969), uses his imaginative skills to re-create the historical George Armstrong Custer and his foolhardy last stand. An unconventional retelling of the familiar legend that broke new ground in the organization and narration of the history of the Old West...
Mikhail Gorbachev needs this ruckus about as much as Custer needed more Indians. The Soviet President is already trying to cope with a sour national mood that is turning bitter amid steadily worsening shortages of meat, sugar, butter, salt, matches, soap and even warm winter clothing. Now tea, a beverage the Soviets consume in vast quantities, has suddenly disappeared from store shelves. Said a woman standing in line for lemons in Moscow: "They talk about the years of stagnation ((Gorbachev's term for the Brezhnev era)), but at least while we stagnated...
...legendary names and places pepper the maps of South Dakota, North Dakota and Montana, three Old West states currently celebrating 100 years of statehood. Trails are named the Lewis and Clark, the Bozeman, the Cheyenne- Deadwood; names like Custer, Big Horn and Virginia City beckon the eye. Undaunted by the midsummer heat, the states have mounted an extravagant array of rodeos, cattle drives, river regattas and folk fests that will culminate in November. Enthusiastic tourism officials predict that the number of out-of- state license plates on the roads will top last year's by as much as 10%. Roadside...
...descendants of the Indians who wiped out George Custer and his men in 1876, the displays commemorating the battle of Little Big Horn are gallingly one-sided. In recent years Indian spokesmen have tried to persuade the Government to tell more of their side. Newly appointed Custer Battlefield National Monument superintendent Barbara Booner, the first Native American to hold the post, may resolve the controversy...
...team that wants to go to Maine is like a team that wants to go to Maine is like a team that wants to book passage on the Titantic or a bus ticket to Little Big Horn. [Maine Coach] Shawn Walsh is like Sitting Bull waiting for Custer."--B.C. Assistant hockey Coach Steve Cedorchuk, referring to teams that have to play Maine...