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In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse

by Joseph Marshall III

Illustrator: Jim Yellowhawk

Ages: 12+

Published: 2015

Publisher: Amulet Books/Abrams

ISBN: 978-1-4197-0785-8

Keywords: Native Americans, Heroes, Diversity

On a trek with his grandfather, Jimmy, 11, learns about the great warrior Crazy Horse, who was also teased for not looking like a Lakota.