Sitting Bull: Champion of the Sioux : a Biography, Stanley Vestal, Press, 1989, 0806122196, 9780806122199, 346 pages. "If that is Long Hair, I am the one who killed him," White Bull, the young nephew of , said when Bad Juice pointed out Custer's body immediately after the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Yet it was Sitting Bull who acquired the notoriety and was paraded in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show as "the warrior who killed Custer." But this new edition of Stanley Vestal's classic biography of the famous chief emphasizes that "Sitting Bull's fame does not rest upon the death of Custer’s five troops. Had he been twenty miles away shooting antelope that morning, he would still remain the greatest of the Sioux." The stirring account of the death throes of a mighty nation and its leader is the story of the "greatest of the Sioux" and his struggle to keep his people free and united. The Sioux were formidable warriors, as attested to by men who fought against them, like General Anson Mills, who said, "They were the best cavalry in the world; their like will never be seen again," but they were up against an overwhelming tide of soldiers, homesteaders, and bureaucrats. Sitting Bull fought long and hard and "He was ... a statesman, one of the most farsighted we have had," but statesmanship could not prevail against such odds. This powerful biography of Sitting Bull is brought to a new generation of readers in h a new and expanded edition, for much new material had been added to the original edition (published in 1932) that could not be disclosed while the informants were still living. Sitting Bull is a moving account of the epic courage of one man in the face of his inevitable defeat as the last defender of his people's rights..

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Fred Astaire , Joseph Epstein, 2008, Biography & Autobiography, 198 pages. Joseph Epstein’s Fred Astaire investigates the great dancer’s magical talent, taking up the story of his life, his personality, his work habits, his modest pretensions, and ....

Sitting Bull , Susan Evento, Nanci Reginelli Vargus, Sep 1, 2004, , 31 pages. A biography of the Sioux chief who worked to maintain the rights of Native American people and who led the defeat of General Custer at the Little Big Horn in 1876..

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Sitting Bull a biography, Edward J. Rielly, 2007, History, 157 pages. Profiles the Native American leader who is best known for his role in the Battle of Little Bighorn, discussing his childhood, family life, participation in the Sioux Nation ....

Sitting Bull, champion of his people , Shannon Garst, 1946, History, 189 pages. For years Sitting Bull was the powerful chief of the Sioux, but in the later years of his life he had to watch his once proud people submit to the will of the white man..

Sitting Bull and the paradox of Lakota Nationhood , Gary Clayton Anderson, 1996, History, 194 pages. .

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Son of the Morning Star Custer and The Little Bighorn, Evan S. Connell, Oct 30, 1997, Biography & Autobiography, 448 pages. Custer's Last Stand is among the most enduring events in American history--more than one hundred years after the fact, books continue to be written and people continue to argue ....

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Sitting Bull , Hal Marcovitz, Jan 1, 2009, Dakota Indians, 64 pages. .

The story of Sitting Bull great Sioux chief, Lisa Eisenberg, Aug 1, 1991, Biography & Autobiography, 108 pages. A biography of the great defender of the Sioux Nation describes Sitting Bull's childhood bravery, his participation at age fourteen in the raid on a Crow tribe, and his ....

The Lance and the Shield The Life and Times of Sitting Bull, Robert Marshall Utley, 1994, Biography & Autobiography, 413 pages. A portrait of one of the most misunderstood figures in American history shows Sitting Bull as a courageous warrior, a spiritual leader, and stubborn defender of traditional ways.

Sitting Bull: His Life and Legacy , Ernie LaPointe, Sep 1, 2009, History, . The only book on Sitting Bull written by a lineal descendant.

"If that is Long Hair, I am the one who killed him," White Bull, the young nephew of Sitting Bull, said when Bad Juice pointed out Custer's body immediately after the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Yet it was Sitting Bull who acquired the notoriety and was paraded in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show as "the warrior who killed Custer." But this new edition of Stanley Vestal's classic biography of the famous chief emphasizes that "Sitting Bull's fame does not rest upon the death of Custer’s five troops. Had he been twenty miles away shooting antelope that morning, he would still remain the greatest of the Sioux."

The stirring account of the death throes of a mighty nation and its leader is the story of the "greatest of the Sioux" and his struggle to keep his people free and united. The Sioux were formidable warriors, as attested to by men who fought against them, like General Anson Mills, who said, "They were the best cavalry in the world; their like will never be seen again," but they were up against an overwhelming tide of soldiers, homesteaders, and bureaucrats. Sitting Bull fought long and hard and "He was ... a statesman, one of the most farsighted we have had," but statesmanship could not prevail against such odds.

This powerful biography of Sitting Bull is brought to a new generation of readers in h a new and expanded edition, for much new material had been added to the original edition (published in 1932) that could not be disclosed while the informants were still living. Sitting Bull is a moving account of the epic courage of one man in the face of his inevitable defeat as the last defender of his people's rights.

Stanley Vestal (Walter S. Campbell) was a distinguished writer in the field of western history, the author of verse, biography, history, criticism, fiction, regional studies, and textbooks on professional writing. Some of his best-known books include Happy Hunting Grounds and Sitting Bull: Champion of the Sioux (both published by the University of Oklahoma Press in 1957). agency agent arms battle Bear Coat began Black Hills Black Moon Black Robe Blackfeet brave buffalo Bullhead Catch-the-Bear charged Cheyennes chief circle council counted coup coup Crazy Horse Creek Crow Custer dead enemy Father De Smet fight fire Flathead Four Horns Frank Grouard friends Gall gave Ghost Dance Grandfather Gray Eagle guns hair hand head heard Hohe honor Hunkpapa hunting John Grass Jumping Bull Kicking Bear Killdeer Mountain killed knew lodge looking McLaughlin Metal Breasts miles Minniconjou Missouri mounted nephew never night Oglala party peace police ponies Powder River prairie Red Coats Red Tomahawk rode Running Antelope saddle scouts sent shield shooting shot Sioux Sitting Bull soldiers song soon Standing Rock stood story Strong Hearts surrender talk ting Bull tipi told took tribes troops turned warriors White Bull wish woman women wounded Yanktonais Yellowstone young

A prolific writer, Stanley Vestal published several novels, none critically acclaimed; his primary contribution lay in nonfiction. Fascination with the American West anchored his research, and he published more than two dozen historical books. He worked diligently to change Americans' negative perceptions of the Plains Indians. While growing up around Weatherford, young Campbell had counted many Cheyenne as playmates and companions. He learned much about their culture and Plains Indian cultures in general, knowledge that aided his field work among the Lakota and informed three historical studies, Sitting Bull: Champion of the Sioux (1932), Warpath and Council Fire: The True Story of the Fighting Sioux as Told in a Biography of Chief White Bull (1934, 1948), and New Sources of Indian History (1934). In 1957 in American Heritage magazine and in a revision of Sitting Bull, Vestal asserted, with some credibility, that White Bull had killed George A. Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn. Vestal/Campbell's other books included Queen of the Cow Towns: Dodge City (1952). He also penned biographies of western characters such as Big Foot Wallace and Jim Bridger and books on the Santa Fe Trail and the Missouri River.

As an English professor at the University of Oklahoma, he established a professional writing course that came to be considered one of the nation's finest. His students regularly sold their work to reputable magazines and journals. Campbell also published four textbooks, including Professional Writing (1938) and Writing Non-Fiction (1944). Walter S. Campbell died of a heart attack on December 25, 1957, in . He was buried in Custer National Cemetery, inside Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument in .

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Donald J. Berthrong, "Walter Stanley Campbell: Plainsman," Arizona and the West 7 (Summer 1965). James H. Howard, ed. and trans., Lakota Warrior: Joseph White Bull (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1998). Mary Hays Marable and Elaine Boylan, A Handbook of Oklahoma Writers (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1939). Julee Short, "Walter S. Campbell: Oklahoma Writer," The Chronicles of Oklahoma 51 (Winter 1972-74).