St. George recreates several decades of this famous leader's life by describing what is known about Tashunka Witko , his people and the battles in which they fought. This highly readable, compelling portrait of a man who consistently refused to be photographed and whose most famous battle offers continuing controversy shows him to be a man "of and for his people" and "only secondly as the celebrated Oglala warrior of Sioux Wars fame." In addition to traveling throughout the Northern Great Plains where "Crazy Horse" and his people had camped, hunted, wintered and fought, St. George made extensive use of primary source material at the Nebraska State Historical Society, such as transcripts of interviews with people who had known him and other documentation from people who had survived the Sioux Wars. (Ages 10-16)

Best known as the celebrated Oglala Sioux warrior who defeated George Armstrong Custer and his soldiers in the Battle of the Little Bighorn, Crazy Horse was also a quiet, modest man whose primary concern was for the well-being of his people. This absorbing biography provides insight into the character of the Plains people and tells the extraordinary story of Crazy Horse.