The Story of Crazy Horse (Signature Books series).

New York:: Grosset & Dunlap, 1954.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: tan cloth with the Signature series device on the front cover and the laurel leaf devices on the spine; the top edge tint is light orange; there are stains on the reverse side of the front endpaper from a small bookplate; otherwise a Very Good book, with a Good dust jacket.. 8vo (8.5 inches tall) . Endpapers show 'Great Events in the Life'. Description: Illustrated by William Reusswig. This is Number 28 in the Signature series. The Signature Books series, under the general editorship of Enid LaMonte Meadowcroft, presents the lives of famous men and women who have shaped history. Told in story form to hold the attention of young readers, the books are entertaining as well as informative. . The publishers explain that no signature of Crazy Horse has ever come to light, and is highly unlikely to exist; the artist has merely drawn something that might represent a 'signature'. Until he was twelve snows old, Curly, son of an Oglala Sioux holy man, led the free and exciting life of any young Plains Indian hunting buffalo, catching wild horses, and moving from place to place with his people. Sometimes he saw white men, but gave them little thought. Then soldiers from Fort Laramie attacked a Sioux village, and Curly realized that the whites were determined to take from the Indian the country that the Great Spirit had given them. Here is the story of how Curly bravely earned the right to be called by his father's name -- Crazy Horse -- and of how he became one of the greatest chiefs and most courageous leaders of the Sioux. In addition to editing the series, and authoring this book, Enid Lamonte Meadowcroft also wrote the stories of Thomas Alva Edison, Benjamin Franklin, Andrew Jackson, Davy Crockett, and George Washington.