11 Best biography books like The Earth Is All That Lasts: Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and the Last Stand of the Great Sioux Nation by Mark Lee Gardner

Cover of The Earth Is All That Lasts: Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and the Last Stand of the Great Sioux Nation by Mark Lee Gardner

The Earth Is All That Lasts: Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and the Last Stand of the Great Sioux Nation

By: Mark Lee Gardner

4.31

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

A magisterial dual biography of Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull, the two most legendary and consequent…

If you liked the biography plot in The Earth Is All That Lasts: Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and the Last Stand of the Great Sioux Nation by Mark Lee Gardner , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of Crazy Horse and Custer by Stephen E. Ambrose

1. Crazy Horse and Custer

By: Stephen E. Ambrose

4.22

Format: 560 pages, Paperback

On June 25, 1876, 611 men of the United States 7th Cavalry rode towards the banks of the Little Big… read more

Similar categories in Stephen E. Ambrose's Crazy Horse and Custer book and Mark Lee Gardner's The Earth Is All That Lasts: Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and the Last Stand of the Great Sioux Nation

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • westerns
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn by Nathaniel Philbrick

2. The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn

By: Nathaniel Philbrick

4.04

Format: 466 pages, Hardcover

Watch a video Read discussion questions for "The Last Stand." The bestselling author of "Mayflow… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • westerns
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Journey of Crazy Horse: A Lakota History by Joseph M. Marshall III

3. The Journey of Crazy Horse: A Lakota History

By: Joseph M. Marshall III

4.38

Format: None pages, Paperback

A captivating biography of the man who became a legend at the Battle of the Little Bighorn As a bri… read more

Similar categories in Joseph M. Marshall III's The Journey of Crazy Horse: A Lakota History book and Mark Lee Gardner's The Earth Is All That Lasts: Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and the Last Stand of the Great Sioux Nation

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • native american history
  • nonfiction
  • native americans

4. The Heart of Everything That Is: The Untold Story of Red Cloud, An American Legend

By: Bob Drury , Tom Clavin

3.66

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER An astonishing untold story of the American West The great Sioux warrior-s… read more

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5. The Earth Is Weeping: The Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West

By: Peter Cozzens

4.00

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

A magisterial, essential history of the struggle between whites and Native Americans over the fate … read more

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Cover of Empire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne

6. Empire of the Summer Moon

By: S.C. Gwynne

4.23

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, a stunningly vivid historical account of the for… read more

Similar categories in S.C. Gwynne's Empire of the Summer Moon book and Mark Lee Gardner's The Earth Is All That Lasts: Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and the Last Stand of the Great Sioux Nation

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • westerns
  • native american history
  • nonfiction
  • native americans
"Buffalo Hump had one of those Comanche names - there were a large number of them - that the prudish whites could not quite bring themselves to translate. His Nermernuh name, properly transliterated, …"

-S.C. Gwynne, Empire of the Summer Moon

"For years after the American Revolution, the public opposed to the creation of police departments, fearing that they would become forces of repression... Only in the mid 19th century, after the growt…"

-S.C. Gwynne, Empire of the Summer Moon

Cover of The Last Hill: The Epic Story of a Ranger Battalion and the Battle That Defined WWII by Bob Drury

7. The Last Hill: The Epic Story of a Ranger Battalion and the Battle That Defined WWII

By: Bob Drury

4.34

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Bob Drury and Tom Clavin's The Last Hill is the incredible untold story of one Ranger battalion's h… read more

Similar categories in Bob Drury's The Last Hill: The Epic Story of a Ranger Battalion and the Battle That Defined WWII book and Mark Lee Gardner's The Earth Is All That Lasts: Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and the Last Stand of the Great Sioux Nation

  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook by Hampton Sides

8. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

By: Hampton Sides

4.51

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage … read more

Similar categories in Hampton Sides's The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook book and Mark Lee Gardner's The Earth Is All That Lasts: Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and the Last Stand of the Great Sioux Nation

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War by Erik Larson

9. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

By: Erik Larson

4.24

Format: 565 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more

Similar categories in Erik Larson's The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War book and Mark Lee Gardner's The Earth Is All That Lasts: Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and the Last Stand of the Great Sioux Nation

  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Cover of The Earth Is All That Lasts: Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and the Last Stand of the Great Sioux Nation by Mark Lee Gardner

10. The Earth Is All That Lasts: Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and the Last Stand of the Great Sioux Nation

By: Mark Lee Gardner

4.31

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

A magisterial dual biography of Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull, the two most legendary and consequent… read more

Similar categories in Mark Lee Gardner's The Earth Is All That Lasts: Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and the Last Stand of the Great Sioux Nation book and Mark Lee Gardner's The Earth Is All That Lasts: Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and the Last Stand of the Great Sioux Nation

  • american history
  • american
  • biography
  • history
  • westerns
  • native american history
  • nonfiction
  • native americans
Cover of The Last Campaign: Sherman, Geronimo and the War for America by H.W. Brands

11. The Last Campaign: Sherman, Geronimo and the War for America

By: H.W. Brands

3.99

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling historian and Pulitzer-prize finalist H. W. Brands follows the lives and battles of Gen… read more

Similar categories in H.W. Brands's The Last Campaign: Sherman, Geronimo and the War for America book and Mark Lee Gardner's The Earth Is All That Lasts: Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and the Last Stand of the Great Sioux Nation

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • westerns
  • nonfiction
Cover of Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America by Dan Flores

12. Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America

By: Dan Flores

3.98

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the 2023 Rachel Carson Environment Book Award Shortlisted for the 2023 Phi Beta Kappa So… read more

Similar categories in Dan Flores's Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America book and Mark Lee Gardner's The Earth Is All That Lasts: Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and the Last Stand of the Great Sioux Nation

  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
"The prescription I've come to seems to be this. Know the heaven and earth that was, but experience the world that is."

-Dan Flores, Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America

"Our disruption of ecologies around the world isn't just threatening wildife extinctions. It's posing an existential threat to our own species."

-Dan Flores, Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America

"And it wasn't just passenger pigeons and buffalo. A legacy of animal cleansing was visible everywhere you looked in the United States of the 1920s."

-Dan Flores, Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America

"...we Americans have never been good at accepting blame for screwing up the world. Surely the gods, or the government, or the Chinese, or the sun! must be doing this. It can't be us."

-Dan Flores, Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America

Cover of Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II by Alex Kershaw

13. Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II

By: Alex Kershaw

4.32

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The national bestselling author of The First Wave tells the untold story of four of the most decora… read more

Similar categories in Alex Kershaw's Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II book and Mark Lee Gardner's The Earth Is All That Lasts: Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and the Last Stand of the Great Sioux Nation

  • american history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
Cover of The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder by Douglas Preston

14. The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder

By: Douglas Preston

3.81

Format: 299 pages, Hardcover

Douglas Preston, the #1 bestselling author of The Lost City of the Monkey God , presents jaw-droppi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of The Summer of 1876: Outlaws, Lawmen, and Legends in the Season That Defined the American West by Chris Wimmer

15. The Summer of 1876: Outlaws, Lawmen, and Legends in the Season That Defined the American West

By: Chris Wimmer

3.95

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the creator of the "Legends of the Old West" podcast, a book exploring the overlapping narrati… read more

Similar categories in Chris Wimmer's The Summer of 1876: Outlaws, Lawmen, and Legends in the Season That Defined the American West book and Mark Lee Gardner's The Earth Is All That Lasts: Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and the Last Stand of the Great Sioux Nation

  • westerns
  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Our Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are by Rebecca Boyle

16. Our Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are

By: Rebecca Boyle

3.95

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An intimate look at the Moon and its relationship to life on Earth--from the primordial soup to the… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Boyle's Our Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are book and Mark Lee Gardner's The Earth Is All That Lasts: Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and the Last Stand of the Great Sioux Nation

  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of The Last Outlaws: The Desperate Final Days of the Dalton Gang by Tom Clavin

17. The Last Outlaws: The Desperate Final Days of the Dalton Gang

By: Tom Clavin

3.67

Format: 269 pages, Hardcover

The definitive account of the Dalton Gang and the most brazen bank heist in history, by the multipl… read more

Similar categories in Tom Clavin's The Last Outlaws: The Desperate Final Days of the Dalton Gang book and Mark Lee Gardner's The Earth Is All That Lasts: Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and the Last Stand of the Great Sioux Nation

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • westerns
  • nonfiction
Cover of Ridgeline by Michael Punke

18. Ridgeline

By: Michael Punke

4.28

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

The thrilling, long-awaited return of the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Revenant. … read more

Similar categories in Michael Punke's Ridgeline book and Mark Lee Gardner's The Earth Is All That Lasts: Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and the Last Stand of the Great Sioux Nation

  • westerns
Cover of Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America by Leila Philip

19. Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America

By: Leila Philip

3.79

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times Editors' Choice NPR Science Friday Book Club Selection An intimate and revelato… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon by Kevin Fedarko

20. A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon

By: Kevin Fedarko

4.36

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

A deeply moving account ever of walking the Grand Canyon, a highly dangerous, life-changing 750-mil… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"You were made and set here to give voice to this, your own astonishment. -Annie Dillard"

-Kevin Fedarko, A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon

Cover of Saving Yellowstone: Exploration and Preservation in Reconstruction America by Megan Kate Nelson

21. Saving Yellowstone: Exploration and Preservation in Reconstruction America

By: Megan Kate Nelson

3.70

Format: None pages, Audiobook

From historian and critically acclaimed author of The Three-Cornered War comes the captivating stor… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • westerns
  • nonfiction

18 Top history books like The Earth Is All That Lasts: Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and the Last Stand of the Great Sioux Nation by Mark Lee Gardner

Transform Your Habits

Crazy Horse and Custer

Stephen E. Ambrose

4.22

Transform Your Habits

The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn

Nathaniel Philbrick

4.04

Transform Your Habits

The Journey of Crazy Horse: A Lakota History

Joseph M. Marshall III

4.38

Transform Your Habits

Empire of the Summer Moon

S.C. Gwynne

4.23

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10 must-read adult books like The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder by Douglas Preston

Transform Your Habits

You Like It Darker

Stephen King

4.32

Transform Your Habits

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson

4.24

Transform Your Habits

The Deerfield Massacre: A Surprise Attack, a Forced March, and the Fight for Survival in Early America

James L. Swanson

3.44

Transform Your Habits

The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder

Douglas Preston

3.81

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