Steve Adelson: Little Bighorn, Voices from a Distant Wind

Steve Adelson is an historian of American western expansion and the Indian Wars in the American West. He is a seasonal Park Ranger Interpreter at Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument. He has been a consultant on the epic battle, appearing on the History Channel, Discovery Channel, CBS Sunday Morning, Travel Channel, radio shows and other media outlets.

Adelson’s fascination with “Custer’s Last Stand” has captivated him since boyhood. He has been an avid student of this epic battle for the past 25 years. His book Little Bighorn, Voices from a Distant Wind comes packaged with a DVD of his powerful presentation, ‘Contested Ground,’ filmed at the battlefield where the events chronicled in the book took place.  The book is $25 in the Friends’ Bookstore in the Fort Vancouver Visitor Center.

This widely acclaimed publication package—book (now in its third printing) and DVD—is the number one seller at Custer Battlefield Museum and other outlets. Copies are available at the Friends’ Bookstore & Gallery.

A veteran educator of 30 years service, he has taught graduate courses through Montana State University and the Heritage Institute. His flagship courses ‘Apocalypse at Little Bighorn’ and ‘the Bozeman Trail; Days of Thunder’ have provided a fascinating living history experience to a multitude of students.