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Great Lives – Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull

Lecture Date: February 6, 2025

The Synergy Periodontics and Implants Lecture

Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull: Their names are iconic, their significance in American history undeniable. Together, these two Lakota chiefs, one a fabled warrior and the other a revered holy man, crushed George Armstrong Custer’s vaunted Seventh Cavalry. Yet their legendary victory at the Little Big Horn has overshadowed the rest of their rich and complex lives. Now, based on years of research and drawing on a wealth of previously ignored primary sources, award-winning author Mark Lee Gardner’s The Earth Is All That Lasts delivers the definitive chronicle, thrillingly told, of these extraordinary Indigenous leaders.

An essential new addition to the canon of Indigenous American history and literature of the West, The Earth Is All That Lasts is a grand saga, both triumphant and tragic, of two fascinating and heroic leaders struggling to maintain the freedom of their people against impossible odds.

Speaker: Mark Lee Gardner

Photo credit: Vance Lee Gardner

Mark Lee Gardner is a recipient of the Frank Waters Award for Literary Excellence. His bestselling books include Rough RidersTo Hell on a Fast Horse, and Shot All to Hell, which received multiple awards, including a Spur Award from Western Writers of America. His expertise as an authority on the American West has led to appearances on PBS’s American Experience, the History Channel, AMC, the Travel Channel, and on NPR. In addition to his several books, he’s written for National Geographic HistoryAmerican Heritage, the Los Angeles TimesTrue West, and American Cowboy. A native of Missouri, he holds an MA in American Studies from the University of Wyoming and lives with his family at the foot of Pikes Peak.

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Event Details
Thursday, February 6, 2025
7:30pm
Dodd Auditorium, Fredericksburg, VA, USA