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  • Deliverance from the Little Big Horn

  • Doctor Henry Porter and Custer's Seventh Cavalry
  • By: Joan Nabseth Stevenson
  • Narrated by: Tyler Edmunds
  • Length: 5 hrs and 1 min
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By: Joan Nabseth Stevenson
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Summary

Of the three surgeons who accompanied Custer's Seventh Cavalry on June 25, 1876, only the youngest, 28-year-old Henry Porter, survived that day's ordeal, riding through a gauntlet of Indian attackers and up the steep bluffs to Major Marcus Reno's hilltop position. But the story of Dr. Porter's wartime exploits goes far beyond the battle itself. In this compelling narrative of military endurance and medical ingenuity, Joan Nabseth Stevenson opens a new window on the Battle of the Little Big Horn by re-creating the desperate struggle for survival during the fight and in its wake.

Porter's life-saving work on the battlefield began immediately, as he assumed the care of nearly 60 soldiers and two Indian scouts, attending to wounds and performing surgeries and amputations. He evacuated the critically wounded soldiers on mules and hand litters, embarking on a hazardous trek of 15 miles that required two river crossings, the scaling of a steep cliff, and a treacherous descent into the safety of the steamboat Far West, waiting at the mouth of the Little Big Horn River. There began a harrowing 700-mile journey along the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers to the post hospital at Fort Abraham Lincoln near Bismarck, Dakota Territory.

This unusual book will take its place both as a contribution to the history of the Great Sioux War and alongside such vivid historical novels as Son of the Morning Star and Little Big Man. It will also ensure that the selfless deeds of a lone "contract" surgeon-unrecognized to this day by the U.S. government-will never be forgotten.

©2012 Joan Nabseth Stevenson (P)2014 Redwood Audiobooks

Critic reviews

"Stevenson's medical perspective on Little Big Horn is revelatory, written with an eye for striking details." ( Publishers Weekly)
"This is a mesmerizing story, masterfully researched and excellently written." ( Roundup Magazine)

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