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Little Big Man - by Thomas Berger (Paperback)

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Highlights

  • "The truth is always made up of little particulars which sound ridiculous when repeated.
  • About the Author: Thomas Berger, whom the Times Literary Supplement has called "one of the century's most important writers," is the author of twenty-three novels.
  • 440 Pages
  • Fiction, Westerns

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"The truth is always made up of little particulars which sound ridiculous when repeated." So says Jack Crabb, the 111-year-old narrator of Thomas Berger's 1964 masterpiece of American fiction, Little Big Man. Berger claimed the Western as serious literature with this savage and epic account of one man's extraordinary double life.

After surviving the massacre of his pioneer family, ten-year-old Jack is adopted by an Indian chief who nicknames him Little Big Man. As a Cheyenne, he feasts on dog, loves four wives, and sees his people butchered by horse soldiers commanded by General George Armstrong Custer. Later, living as a white man once more, he hunts the buffalo to near-extinction, tangles with Wyatt Earp, cheats Wild Bill Hickok, and fights in the Battle of Little Bighorn alongside Custer himself--a man he'd sworn to kill. Hailed by The Nation as "a seminal event," Little Big Man is a singular literary achievement that, like its hero, only gets better with age.

Praise for Little Big Man

"An epic such as Mark Twain might have given us."--Henry Miller

"The very best novel ever about the American West."--The New York Times Book Review

"Spellbinding . . . [Crabb] surely must be one of the most delightfully absurd fictional fossils ever unearthed."--Time

"Superb . . . Berger's success in capturing the points of view and emotional atmosphere of a vanished era is uncanny. His skill in characterization, his narrative power and his somewhat cynical humor are all outstanding."--The New York Times



Review Quotes




"An epic such as Mark Twain might have given us."--Henry Miller

"The very best novel ever about the American West."--The New York Times Book Review

"Spellbinding . . . [Crabb] surely must be one of the most delightfully absurd fictional fossils ever unearthed."--Time

"Superb . . . Berger's success in capturing the points of view and emotional atmosphere of a vanished era is uncanny. His skill in characterization, his narrative power and his somewhat cynical humor are all outstanding."--The New York Times



About the Author



Thomas Berger, whom the Times Literary Supplement has called "one of the century's most important writers," is the author of twenty-three novels. Little Big Man has been published in more than fifty editions throughout the world.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.16 Inches (H) x 5.26 Inches (W) x 1.02 Inches (D)
Weight: .88 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 440
Genre: Fiction
Sub-Genre: Westerns
Publisher: Dial Press
Theme: General
Format: Paperback
Author: Thomas Berger
Language: English
Street Date: September 1, 1989
TCIN: 81598574
UPC: 9780385298292
Item Number (DPCI): 247-15-0963
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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