The real Custer : from boy general to tragic hero
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- ISBN: 9781621572091
- ISBN: 1621572099
- ISBN: 9781621573715
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xvi, 494 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm - Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Regnery History, 2014, 2015.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Part I. Beginnings -- "My voice is for war!" -- Custer the goat -- The brotherhood broken -- Part II. Custer goes to war -- "A slim, long-haired boy, carelessly dressed" -- "I promise that you shall hear of me" -- The boy general -- Part III. The boy general -- Gettysburg -- The "daring, terrible demon" of battle -- The Buckland races -- The Dahlgren Affair -- Little Phil -- Into the Valley -- "Let the sword decide the contest" -- Custer's counterinsurgency -- "Custer is a trump" -- "Fighting like a Viking" -- "Custer against the world" -- "Like the charge of a Sioux chieftain" -- Part IV. Fall from grace -- The "long-haired hero of the lash" -- The "swing around the circle" -- Court-martial -- Part V. Redemption -- Washita -- Custer on the plains -- The great buffalo hunt -- Battle on the Yellowstone -- Part VI. The final act -- Custer's Gulch -- Custer vs. Grant -- "Don't be greedy" -- A ridge too far -- "He will never fight anymore". |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | E 467.1 .C99 R63 2014 | 30775305498165 | General Collection | Available | - |