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Crazy Horse. c1842-1877. Sioux Indian chief vs Custer at Little Bighorn.
Custer, George. 1839-76. US general killed at Little Bighorn.
Little Bighorn, Battle. 1876. Sitting Bull led Sioux and Cheyenne defeat Custer’s cavalry.
Sioux. Popular name for Dakota Confederation of American Indian tribes. Little Bighorn. Wounded Knee.
Sitting Bull. c1831-90. Led Sioux at Little Bighorn. Surrendered 1881.
Alcott, Louisa May. 1832-88. US novelist: Little Women 1869.
Andersen, Hans Christian. 1805-75. Danish author of fairy tales: Little Mermaid 1832, Princess and the Pea, Ugly Duckling.
Beneš, Eduard. 1884-1948. Czech Nationalist, President, 1935-8,46-. Little Entente.
Burnette, Frances. 1849-1924. English/US writer. Little Lord Fauntleroy 1886.
Caldwell, Erskine. 1903-87. US author. Tobacco Road. God’s Little Acre 1933.
Chaplin, Charlie. 1889-1977. English silent film actor. First international film star: The Kid 1921. Modern Times 1936. Little Tramp.
Czechoslovakia. 1918 Formed in breakup of Austro-Hungarian Empire. 1920 Little Entente. 1938 -Sudetenland. 1939-45 German occupation. 1949 People’s Democratic Republic. 1968 Prague Spring. 1991 Republic. 1993 Split into Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Dark Ages. c500-1000. Period of decline, frequent war. Little documentation survives.
Hellman, Lillian. 1905-84. US playwright. Little Foxes 1939. Pentimiento 1973.
James, Henry. 1843-1916. US psychological novelist. American 1877. Washington Square 1881. Turn of the Screw 1898. Compared innocence of New World with corruption of Old.-“It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature”.
Little America. Antarctic base founded by Byrd 1928.
Little Entente. 1920-38. Economic, defensive alliance of Czechoslovakia, Romania, Yugoslavia.
Little Masters. Engravers influenced by Durer. Behem.
Privy Council. English monarch’s principal advisers. Little power since 17C.
Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de. 1900-44. French aviator, writer. Little Prince 1943.
Van Buren, Martin. 1782-1862. US president 1837-41. Independent treasury, US neutrality. Barnburner. Called “Little Magician” for his political dexterity.