{"product_id":"little-big-man-9780385298292","title":"Little Big Man","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"The truth is always made up of little particulars which sound ridiculous when repeated.\"\u003c\/i\u003e So says Jack Crabb, the 111-year-old narrator of Thomas Berger's 1964 masterpiece of American fiction, \u003ci\u003eLittle Big Man\u003c\/i\u003e. Berger claimed the Western as serious literature with this savage and epic account of one man's extraordinary double life.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e as \"a seminal event,\" \u003ci\u003eLittle Big Man\u003c\/i\u003e is a singular literary achievement that, like its hero, only gets better with age. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eLittle Big Man\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"An epic such as Mark Twain might have given us.\"\u003cb\u003e--Henry Miller\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The very best novel ever about the American West.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Spellbinding . . .  Crabb] surely must be one of the most delightfully absurd fictional fossils ever unearthed.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"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.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dial Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/1989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780385298292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 440\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.16h x 5.26w x 1.02d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/25\/2005 pg. 107\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Thomas Berger","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36636767191196,"sku":"9780385298292","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_20a0ba52-4853-4f29-b7a3-658f9eaba568.jpg?v=1603842900","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/little-big-man-9780385298292","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}