Rouben Mamoulian Collection (Library of Congress)

The story of the lives of performers associated with the Cotton Blossom, a steamboat plying the Mississippi River in the latter half of the 19th century.

One of the best known, least known names and personalities in American history, Crazy Horse has been glamorized or demonized in countless movies. But it was Mari Sandoz, born not far from where Crazy Horse was born and author of nearly two dozen books of western history, biography and fiction, who first told the true story of the military leader of the Oglala Sioux. To tell his story, Mari Sandoz deliberately attempts to imitate the Indian oral tradition....