Jack Crabb is well into his 10th decade when he begins the wildly adventurous story of his life, a story that somehow touches on nearly every event of historical or mythical significance in the chronicle of the American West. He was raised by Cheyenne Indians, learned to hunt buffalo, became an Indian scout, and traded snake oil. He crossed paths with Wyatt Earp, Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, and General George Armstrong Custer. Crabb is a survivor of the shootout at the O.K. Corral and, even more spectacularly, the only white man to survive the battle of Little Bighorn. At the minimum, Berger is masterful in his ability to weave these legends into a single linear narrative.
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