{"product_id":"9781628726022","title":"Little Bighorn : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eLittle Bighorn\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): John Hough,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a favor to the beautiful actress Mary Deschenes, Lt. Colonel George Armstrong Custer hires her eighteen-year-old son Allen Winslow as an aide for his 1876 campaign against the Sioux and Cheyenne. Traveling west against his will, Allen finds himself in the company of Addie Grace Lord, sixteen, sister of one of Custer’s regimental surgeons. The two fall in love, and it is with foreboding that Addie Grace watches Allen and her brother George ride out with Custer’s Seventh Cavalry. Weeks later in Montana, hundreds of miles to the west, the Seventh brings its quarry to bay beside the river called the Little Bighorn.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeautifully written and filled with unforgettable characters, \u003ci\u003eLittle Bighorn\u003c\/i\u003e brings to life the American West and its heartbreaking history, brilliantly portraying the flawed and tormented Custer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSkyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fiction—novels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eLittle Bighorn\u003c\/i\u003e is an American masterwork of the ultimate triumph of love and redemption during the so-called 'Indian Wars'–surely one of the most detestable eras in all of American’s history. Hough is relentlessly truthful, unfailingly entertaining, and transcendently generous.”—Howard Frank Mosher, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eWhere the Rivers Flow North\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDisappearances\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNorthern Borders\u003c\/i\u003e, and others\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eLittle Bighorn\u003c\/i\u003e is every bit as remarkable as Larry McMurtry’s \u003ci\u003eLonesome Dove\u003c\/i\u003e. The characters are vivid, the tension palpable and the dialogue unfeigned. John Hough, Jr. is one the great American novelists alongside Cormac McCarthy and Jonathan Franzen.”—Robert Dugoni, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eJury Master\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDamage Control\u003c\/i\u003e and others\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“John Hough’s last book, \u003ci\u003eSeen the Glory\u003c\/i\u003e, was one of the best Civil War novels I've ever read. Now in Little Bighorn he’s turned his superb storytelling talents to the epic story of Custer and the Little Bighorn. I read the last hundred pages in one page-turning and finger-burning frenzy, then put the book down and reluctantly returned to our modern world, sorry there wasn’t more to read.”—James Donovan, author of the bestselling \u003ci\u003eA Terrible Glory: Custer and the Little Bighorn\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Blood of Heroes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eLittle Bighorn\u003c\/i\u003e is a potent blend of research and imagination. John Hough has forever changed my view of George Armstrong Custer in this stellar, riveting novel.”—Ron Rash, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Cove and Serena\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This fictional account of the rendezvous of George Armstrong Custer's Seventh Cavalry with its tragic destiny at Little Bighorn offers a richly textured perspective on this famous event. The triumphant love story of Allen and Addie grabs the reader's heartstrings even as the narrative moves toward its inevitable dark climax.”—James M. McPherson, author of \u003ci\u003eBattle Cry of Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eLittle Bighorn\u003c\/i\u003e is a fine novel drawing on both fictional and historical figures. Very readable.”—Robert M. Utley, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Lance and the Shield: The Life and Times of Sitting Bull\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eLittle Bighorn\u003c\/i\u003e is an American masterwork of the ultimate triumph of love and redemption during the so-called 'Indian Wars'–surely one of the most detestable eras in all of American’s history. Hough is relentlessly truthful, unfailingly entertaining, and transcendently generous.”—Howard Frank Mosher, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eWhere the Rivers Flow North\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDisappearances\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNorthern Borders\u003c\/i\u003e, and others\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eLittle Bighorn\u003c\/i\u003e is every bit as remarkable as Larry McMurtry’s \u003ci\u003eLonesome Dove\u003c\/i\u003e. The characters are vivid, the tension palpable and the dialogue unfeigned. John Hough, Jr. is one the great American novelists alongside Cormac McCarthy and Jonathan Franzen.”—Robert Dugoni, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eJury Master\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDamage Control\u003c\/i\u003e and others\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“John Hough’s last book, \u003ci\u003eSeen the Glory\u003c\/i\u003e, was one of the best Civil War novels I've ever read. Now in Little Bighorn he’s turned his superb storytelling talents to the epic story of Custer and the Little Bighorn. I read the last hundred pages in one page-turning and finger-burning frenzy, then put the book down and reluctantly returned to our modern world, sorry there wasn’t more to read.”—James Donovan, author of the bestselling \u003ci\u003eA Terrible Glory: Custer and the Little Bighorn\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Blood of Heroes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eLittle Bighorn\u003c\/i\u003e is a potent blend of research and imagination. John Hough has forever changed my view of George Armstrong Custer in this stellar, riveting novel.”—Ron Rash, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Cove and Serena\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This fictional account of the rendezvous of George Armstrong Custer's Seventh Cavalry with its tragic destiny at Little Bighorn offers a richly textured perspective on this famous event. The triumphant love story of Allen and Addie grabs the reader's heartstrings even as the narrative moves toward its inevitable dark climax.”—James M. McPherson, author of \u003ci\u003eBattle Cry of Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eLittle Bighorn\u003c\/i\u003e is a fine novel drawing on both fictional and historical figures. Very readable.”—Robert M. 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