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The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn

Nathaniel Philbrick

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Sep 07, 2014 Kay marked it as to-read · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobooks, out-west, native-americans, american-histry, nonfiction, need-to-finish

I can't fathom why this reader was chosen for this book. His voice and delivery are incredibly annoying. Not only does he sound like a heavy smoker suffering from a cold, but his staccato delivery is odd, to say the least. In addition, there is quite a bit of variance in the timbre of his voice, with obvious differences between recording sessions.

This is one of those rare cases where the author would have done a much better job reading the book than the hired pro. (Exceptions to my "authors sho ...more

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Sep 08, 2018 Wes F rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Another Nathaniel Philbrick history book that was very insightful, very well written, and that taught me a lot about an historical event & personages I didn't know much about. I read this as a follow-up to Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, a modern history of the Indian peoples in the continental U.S. Very detailed and insightful as to General Custer as a man, and to the build-up & known events of the huge defeat inflicted on his army at the Battle of the Little Big Horn River. I borrowed this e-bo ...more

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