Albert Marrin
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Albert Marrin
Richly researched, told with sweep, speed, and balance, here is a biography of the man who was arguably the Plains Indians’ most revered, most visionary leader. Tatan’ka Iyota’ke—Sitting Bull—was the great Hunkpapa Lakota chief who helped defeat Custer at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. But more than that, he was a profound holy man and seer, an astute judge of men, a singer and speaker for his people’s ways. In the face of the army, the railroad, the discovery of gold, and the decimation of the buffalo, he led his band to Canada rather than “come in” to…
Unconditional Surrender: U.S. Grant and the Civil War
Albert Marrin
When the small, stoop-shouldered man in a rumpled uniform and scuffed boots, accompanied by a thirteen-year-old boy, asked for a room at Willard’s Hotel in Washington, D.C., he was offered a small room on the top floor. But when the clerk saw the man’s signature, suddenly a suite was found for him. The man was Ulysses S. Grant, and President Lincoln recently had appointed him commander in chief of the Union forces.
Noted historian Albert Marrin tells how this reluctant soldier became the leader who was able to bring final victory to the Union after years of…
