Recalling custer in nathaniel philbricks last stand the new york. Dixie shanahan had a terribly troubled and abusive marriage in t. Once the officials knew a crime had been committed it was solved in just a few weeks and written about in just a few pages. The reader learned very little about the investigation and then the next thing you knew it was on to the trial. The author goes in to excruciating detail of not only the background of just. Another wife abused book, only with a twist she shoots her abuser in bed and then proceeds to cover up the body. Nathaniel philbrick the last stand nathaniel philbrick. Custer, sitting bull, and the battle of the little bighorn. In dixies last stand, journalist john ferak gives us an impeccably researched and wellwritten account of the dixie shanahan case. Custer, sitting bull and the battle of the little big horn by philbrick, nathaniel isbn. Ive often criticized books for excessive detail, but this book is the exception to the rule. Connells novelistic classic, son of the morning star.
Dixies last stand was an interesting story about a small town murder case. The conclusion to a storyline that changed the spiderman world forever. Custer, sitting bull and the battle of the little big. Slowly, inevitably, integration would come to the end zones and hash marks of the south, and though no one knew it at the time, the texas vs. Its not clear why nathaniel philbrick decided that the. Ferak weaves a gripping narrative while exploring important topics such as battered wife syndrome and mandatory sentencing laws. Major pettigrews last stand by helen simonson goodreads. I was interested in the book until we delved into the trial of the murder.
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