Little Big Man vs The return of little big man: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Little Big Man Little Big Man Thomas Berger · 1964 ★★★★☆ 4.3 447 pages · ≈ 8 h 17 m · Moderate

Believe it or not, Jack Crabb is 111 years old. He is also the son of two fathers, one white, the other a Cheyenne Indian chief who gave him the name Little Big Man. As a Cheyenne, Crabb feasted on dog, loved four…

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Cover of The return of little big man The return of little big man Thomas Berger · 1999 ★★★★☆ 3.9 432 pages · ≈ 8 h 00 m · Moderate
“OLD LODGE SKINS WAS THE FINEST MAN I EVER KNEW, and though I spent years apart from him, I guess it was always in the back of my mind that he would live forever, so that any time I needed to, I could go back and find him and get him to set me straight about things of the spirit, which I have found apply to all people whatever their material ways.”

Only white man to survive the Battle of Little Bighorn, the Indian-raised Jack Cabb describes his subsequent adventures. He bodyguards saloon owner Wild Bill Hickock, rides in Europe with Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West…

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Little Big ManThe return of little big man
Goodreads 4.3 (9122) —
Hardcover 4.1 (15) 4.0 (1)
Apple Books 4.5 (193) 4.0 (21)

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Little Big ManThe return of little big man
Ratings 9122 21
Editions 39 14
Citations 37 —
Film adaptations 1 —
Want to read 10565 —
Reading it now 657 —
Written reviews 668 —
Wikipedia attention 1229 —
Pages 447 432

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