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Post by Diane Merkel on Jan 23, 2006 19:00:05 GMT -6
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Post by crzhrs on Jan 24, 2006 7:46:07 GMT -6
Diane:
I have seen the video and have a copy of it. It orginally aired on PBS and was based on the book KILLING CUSTER.
It is an exceptional look at the battle with many Native American descendants of the participants giving interviews. A couple of amazing scenes include Johnston Holy Rock talking about his father's experience in the village, the daughter of Charles Windolph talking about her father who said: "Custer was for Custer", a film clip of Two Moons describing in sign language the battle, and a film clip of Libbie Custer in old age.
It is worth purchasing!
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Post by Tricia on Jan 24, 2006 17:47:54 GMT -6
Diane and Crzhrs--
I am gonna have to break down and buy this! But I do worry what the Swiss delegation might think about this, if they have been able to see it.
Regards, Leyton McLean
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Post by Diane Merkel on Jan 24, 2006 22:03:15 GMT -6
Funny, Leyton!
Thanks crzhrs. I don't believe I've seen it. I was looking up the video about John and Abigail Adams and stumbled across it. It sounds great, so I'll join Leyton in line at the checkout counter.
Diane
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Post by Tricia on Jan 25, 2006 9:34:50 GMT -6
Diane--
The John and Abigail Adams show was great! We'll have to look into getting a copy of that as well ... as for the LBH video, I'd sure hate to see Switzerland lose its vow of neutrality over a television show!
Regards, Leyton McLean
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Post by crzhrs on Jan 25, 2006 9:52:47 GMT -6
Diane:
The book is quite good, if not one-sided toward the Indians and has a lot more info than what was shown on the documentary. Lots of present-day stuff that some may not like if you don't agree with them, but the video is a must!
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Post by El Crab on Jan 25, 2006 19:05:50 GMT -6
Funny, Leyton! Thanks crzhrs. I don't believe I've seen it. I was looking up the video about John and Abigail Adams and stumbled across it. It sounds great, so I'll join Leyton in line at the checkout counter. Diane I'm descended from Abigail Adams.
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Post by Diane Merkel on Jan 25, 2006 21:51:52 GMT -6
OK, Crab, I'll bite. What's the punchline?
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Post by alfuso on Jan 26, 2006 2:30:09 GMT -6
Diane
the book is a good read, especially when the author tries to trash Custer, but can't quite do it. He seems to have a grudging admiration for GAC.
And he shreds the Sioux!
The PBS special, on the other hand, managed to make a Great Adventure a Boor.
alfuso
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Post by El Crab on Jan 26, 2006 3:36:47 GMT -6
OK, Crab, I'll bite. What's the punchline?
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Post by crzhrs on Jan 26, 2006 7:29:39 GMT -6
alfuso:
Are we talking about the same book/video? I believe James Welsh and someone else wrote the book and I'm not sure who produced/directed the video.
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Post by crzhrs on Jan 26, 2006 8:57:36 GMT -6
More on LAST STAND AT LBH . . .
This documentary about the rout of General George Armstrong Custer and his fabled Seventh Cavalry, an installment of PBS's American Experience series, breaks new ground by taking a look at what happened from both sides of the battle. As the historian David McCullough notes in his introduction, until recently it was commonly said that there were no survivors of the battle, indicating that the many survivors who fought with the great Sioux leader Crazy Horse didn't quite matter. The popular legends about Custer are considered in this documentary, as are show business depictions of the fighting at the Little Big Horn as portrayed by Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show and countless later versions emanating from Hollywood. The actual story is told using historical documents that strip away the mythic dimension attached to Custer. And the story of the battle from the winning side is told in interviews with Native Americans who are the recipients of oral accounts of the fighting, and with examinations of drawings and paintings of the battle done by veterans of the fighting. The intelligent narration by Pulitzer Prize-winning Native American writer N. Scott Momaday adds to what is a beautifully photographed and well-told account of a truly legendary event in American history.
1993 Emmy Winner
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Post by Diane Merkel on Jan 26, 2006 18:12:36 GMT -6
I'm sorry, I apparently don't read smiley language very well. Crab . . . did I hurt your feelings?
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Post by El Crab on Jan 27, 2006 5:27:58 GMT -6
Don't roll your eyes at me! My smilies say that I am angry, confused and hurt. I am descended from dear old Abigail. And you thought I was setting you up for a joke. *sniffle*
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Post by Diane Merkel on Jan 27, 2006 9:53:37 GMT -6
If you are descended from Dear Old Abigail, aren't you also descended from Dear Old John?
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