Little Big Man (novel)
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Little Big Man (novel) is a 1964 satirical Western by Thomas Berger that follows the life of Jack Crabb, a white man raised by the Cheyenne, as he recounts his adventures across the American frontier and major events like the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Little Big Man (novel) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Little Big Man (novel) Context triple: [Little Big Man, basedOn, Little Big Man (novel)]
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Little Big Man
Little Big Man is a 1970 American Western-comedy film starring Dustin Hoffman that satirically reexamines U.S. frontier history and Native American relations.
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B.
A Man Called Horse
A Man Called Horse is a 1970 Western film in which an English aristocrat, played by Richard Harris, is captured by a Native American tribe and gradually assimilates into their culture.
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C.
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is a protest song by Buffy Sainte-Marie that confronts the historical and ongoing injustices faced by Indigenous peoples in North America.
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D.
The Time of the Buffalo
The Time of the Buffalo is a nonfiction book by Robert Paul Smith that explores the history, ecology, and cultural significance of the American buffalo.
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E.
Riders of the Black Hills
Riders of the Black Hills is a 1938 American Western film featuring cowboy heroes, frontier action, and classic genre tropes of the era.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Little Big Man (novel) Target entity description: Little Big Man (novel) is a 1964 satirical Western by Thomas Berger that follows the life of Jack Crabb, a white man raised by the Cheyenne, as he recounts his adventures across the American frontier and major events like the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
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A.
Little Big Man
Little Big Man is a 1970 American Western-comedy film starring Dustin Hoffman that satirically reexamines U.S. frontier history and Native American relations.
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B.
A Man Called Horse
A Man Called Horse is a 1970 Western film in which an English aristocrat, played by Richard Harris, is captured by a Native American tribe and gradually assimilates into their culture.
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C.
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is a protest song by Buffy Sainte-Marie that confronts the historical and ongoing injustices faced by Indigenous peoples in North America.
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D.
The Time of the Buffalo
The Time of the Buffalo is a nonfiction book by Robert Paul Smith that explores the history, ecology, and cultural significance of the American buffalo.
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E.
Riders of the Black Hills
Riders of the Black Hills is a 1938 American Western film featuring cowboy heroes, frontier action, and classic genre tropes of the era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
ⓘ
satirical Western novel ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | Little Big Man (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Thomas Berger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterRaisedBy | Cheyenne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsPortrayalOf |
George Armstrong Custer
GENERATED
ⓘ
Wild Bill Hickok GENERATED ⓘ Wyatt Earp GENERATED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticalReception | acclaimed ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationDirector | Arthur Penn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationReleaseYear | 1970 ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationStar | Dustin Hoffman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Return of Little Big Man NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followsCharacterLifeFrom | childhood ⓘ |
| followsCharacterLifeTo | old age ⓘ |
| frameNarrator | Ralph Fielding Snell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Western fiction
ⓘ
satire ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-0803259852 ⓘ |
| influenced | later revisionist Westerns ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | revisionist Western ⓘ |
| mainCharacterEthnicity | white American ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | framed as oral history interview ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| narrator | Jack Crabb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEventDepicted |
Battle of the Little Bighorn
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Indian Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalMediaType | print ⓘ |
| pageCountApprox | 440 ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Jack Crabb series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portraysGroup |
Cheyenne people
NERFINISHED
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U.S. Cavalry NERFINISHED ⓘ white settlers ⓘ |
| protagonist | Jack Crabb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1964 ⓘ |
| publisher | Dial Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 19th-century American West ⓘ |
| settingRegion | American frontier ⓘ |
| structure | episodic ⓘ |
| theme |
clash of cultures
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cultural identity ⓘ myth of the American West ⓘ unreliable narration ⓘ |
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