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Little Big Man

By: Thomas Berger, Larry McMurtry - introduction
Narrated by: David Aaron Baker, Scott Sowers, Henry Strozier
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Audie Award, Literary Fiction, 2016

The story of Jack Crabbe, raised by both a white man and a Cheyenne chief. As a Cheyenne, Jack ate dog, had four wives, and saw his people butchered by General Custer's soldiers. As a white man, he participated in the slaughter of the buffalo and tangled with Wyatt Earp.

©1964, 2014 Thomas Berger, Introduction by Larry McMurtry (P)2014 Recorded Books Classics Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Native American Old West Wild West
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Funny, but thoughtful look at the at the old west from all sides. I particulrly enjoyed the perspectives of the life of a plains indian. The fast pace, enormous scope and humorous tone of the book bely the fastidious research that must have gone into it. One can see why Marlon Brando bought the film rights, why Dustin Hoffman jumped at the lead role and why Larry McMurtry wrote the accompanying essay.

Humorous Revisionist Western

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I really really really enjoyed listening to this book. It made ma laugh and it made me feel heartfelt. Very well written and very well read. 10/10

I loved it

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A captivating story that is very well read here. Definitely among the very best westerns.

“A Masterpiece”

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loved the book and tend to believe that Jack Scrab was a real person and describes the american frontier with honesty and the natural conflicting feelings someone living in two worlds would have had.

brilliant book true or not

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I saw the film decades ago but had never read the book. I chose it for my next 'listen' after completing 'Lonesome Dove' (also excellent) and wanting something similar. Well, I agree with Larry McMurtry's assessment at the end of this book: Berger wrote a Masterpiece. However, Mr McMurtry has written a few of those himself, so I guess he should know. The narration is perfect as well, I particularly appreciated the narrator's ability to shift accents, register and cultural affects so flawlessly.
It all made me a bit homesick for Texas - and that is saying something in these current times.

I agree with Larry McMurtry - a classic!

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What an enjoyable journey through the changing 1/4 of a century of the American plains and the West. Thomas Berger has created an American masterpiece, a tapestry.
Jack Crabb could have been a real person as history is interwoven amongst known personalities and people and during well known places and times.
The narrators of David Aaron Baker, Scott Sowers and Henry Stroziers made the story come to life.
Excellent story.

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