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The Last Days of George Armstrong Custer

Author : Thom Hatch
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 146685197X
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book The Last Days of George Armstrong Custer written by Thom Hatch and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2015-02-03 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this thrilling narrative history of George Armstrong Custer's death at the Little Bighorn, award-winning historian Thom Hatch puts to rest the questions and conspiracies that have made Custer's last stand one of the most misunderstood events in American history. While numerous historians have investigated the battle, what happened on those plains hundreds of miles from even a whisper of civilization has been obscured by intrigue and deception starting with the very first shots fired. Custer's death and the defeat of the 7th Calvary by the Sioux was a shock to a nation that had come to believe that its westward expansion was a matter of destiny. While the first reports defended Custer, many have come to judge him by this single event, leveling claims of racism, disobedience, and incompetence. These false claims unjustly color Custer's otherwise extraordinarily life and fall far short of encompassing his service to his country. By reexamining the facts and putting Custer within the context of his time and his career as a soldier, Hatch's The Last Days of George Armstrong Custer reveals the untold and controversial truth of what really happened in the valley of the Little Bighorn, making it the definitive history of Custer's last stand. This history of charging cavalry, desperate defenses, and malicious intrigue finally sets the record straight for one of history's most dynamic and misunderstood figures.

Touched by Fire

Author : Louise Barnett
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803262669
Total Pages : 582 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (626 download)

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Download or read book Touched by Fire written by Louise Barnett and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2006-10-01 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive and balanced biography of the controversial George Armstrong Custer.

An Autobiography of General Custer

Author : George Armstrong Custer
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1620870754
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book An Autobiography of General Custer written by George Armstrong Custer and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2012-10 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The famous military officer recounts his military exploits along the plains of a young United States.

Tom Custer

Author : Carl F. Day
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806136875
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (368 download)

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Download or read book Tom Custer written by Carl F. Day and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few names in American history are as recognizable as George Armstrong Custer. His fame, or infamy, all but overshadows everyone in his circle of family, friends, and enemies. Among those often overlooked is his younger brother, Thomas Ward Custer. In this biography - the first to document the life of Tom Custer - Carl F. Day reveals the public and private life of this notable American soldier. Born in 1845, Tom Custer enlisted in the Union Army in 1861. He saw action in Kentucky and Tennessee before being transferred to his brother George's command in Virginia. At the end of the war he received the Medal of Honor twice - the first man in American history and the only Federal soldier in the Civil War to do so. He went on to participate in the Battle of the Washita, Stanley's Yellowstone Expedition, the Black Hills expedition, and, of course, the final march to the Little Bighorn, where along with his brother George he met his death in 1876. Tom Custer was very much his own man. His private life was not entirely happy. He never married, although he spent his life searching for a suitable female companion. His public service, however, earned him the status of an American hero.

Marching to Valhalla

Author : Michael Blake
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780679777960
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (779 download)

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Download or read book Marching to Valhalla written by Michael Blake and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The diary of General Custer during the last year of his life in which he reflects on his career, the Civil War and his marriage. Also featured are his views on his Indian enemies who were about to cut the diary short at Little Big Horn. A sympathetic portrayal of a controversial historical figure by the author of Dances with Wolves.

George Armstrong Custer

Author : Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1473382750
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (733 download)

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Download or read book George Armstrong Custer written by Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Custer holds a unique place in American military history, a hero and villain in equal measure, famous for what was seen as a heroic defeat but was in fact a huge miscalculation by a poor leader. This is a perfect biography for anybody interested in military history.

Glorious War

Author : Thom Hatch
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1250028515
Total Pages : 381 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Glorious War written by Thom Hatch and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2013-12-10 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Glorious War, the thrilling and definitive biography of George Armstrong Custer's Civil War years, is nothing short of a heart-pounding cavalry charge through the battlefield heroics that thrust the gallant young officer into the national spotlight in the midst of the country's darkest hours. From West Point to the daring military actions that propelled him to the rank of general at age twenty-three to his unlikely romance with Libbie Bacon, Custer's exploits are the stuff of legend. Always leading his men from the front with a personal courage seldom seen before or since, he was a key part of nearly every major engagement in the east. Not only did Custer capture the first battle flag taken by the Union Army and receive the white flag of surrender at Appomattox, but his field generalship at Gettysburg against Confederate cavalry General Jeb Stuart had historic implications in changing the course of that pivotal battle. For decades, historians have looked at Custer strictly through the lens of his death on the frontier, his last stand, casting him as a failure. While some may say that the events that took place at the Little Big Horn are illustrative of America's bloody westward expansion, they have in the process unjustly eclipsed Custer's otherwise extraordinarily life and outstanding career and fall far short of encompassing his incredible service to his country. This biography of thundering cannons, pounding hooves, and stunning successes tells the true story of the origins of one of history's most dynamic and misunderstood figures. Award-winning historian Thom Hatch reexamines Custer's early career to rebalance the scales and show why Custer's epic fall could never have happened without the spectacular rise that made him an American legend.

George Armstrong Custer

Author : Dana Meachen Rau
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 9780756504199
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book George Armstrong Custer written by Dana Meachen Rau and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2003 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brief biography of the personal life, military career, and controversial accomplishments of this legend in American history.

Custer

Author : Jay Monaghan
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803257320
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (573 download)

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Download or read book Custer written by Jay Monaghan and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1971-01-01 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Custer literature is voluminous and most of it is highly controversial. Through the tangle of charges and countercharges Jay Monaghan cuts a clear path in his fresh account of Custer's whole career. Where possible, Monaghan relies on original sources, and he appraises them with the sound judgment of the practiced historian he is. He is sympathetic with Custer but does not hesitate to show the man's foibles and failures. He presents no attorney's brief and yet he disproves a number of ill-founded accusations. . . ."

Custer's Road to Disaster

Author : Kevin Sullivan
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0762794755
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (627 download)

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Download or read book Custer's Road to Disaster written by Kevin Sullivan and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013-06-25 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The death of George Armstrong Custer ended the life of one of the most flamboyant, brave, careless, and fascinating characters to ever wear a United States military uniform. His dramatic rise during the Civil War to the brevet rank of brigadier general at twenty-three, and his uncanny ability to stay alive regardless of how recklessly he flung himself at the enemy, gave rise to his image as an almost mythical figure. His life was filled with such good fortune that the term “Custer’s Luck” was used to refer to an unusually fortuitous event. Road to Disaster examines Custer’s unusual mental and emotional make-up, which played out in his military career, his relationship with his wife, and in the death he and many of his men found at the end of their march into Montana. A clearer picture of the man appears, providing answers as to why military success followed him to the top of his career, and why the Battle of the Little Bighorn became such a shocking disaster in the summer of 1876.

George Armstrong Custer

Author : Theodore Link
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 9780823941100
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book George Armstrong Custer written by Theodore Link and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2003-12-15 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the Civil War general known for his part in the disasterous battle at the Little Big Horn in 1876.

My Life on the Plains Or, Personal Experiences with Indians. by

Author : G. A. Custer U.S.A. /George Armstrong Custer /
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781981599547
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book My Life on the Plains Or, Personal Experiences with Indians. by written by G. A. Custer U.S.A. /George Armstrong Custer / and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-12-10 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GEORGE ARMSTRONG OUSTER was born in New Rumley, Ohio, December 5, 1839. New Rumley is a group of houses, an old established settlement, in Harrison County, on the border of Pennsylvania, and peopled from thence early in the last century. It is a small place, not set down on any but very large scale maps, and most of the population of the township is scattered in farm houses about the country. The family history, gleaned from the family Bible, is plain and simple. It is that of an honest group of hard workers, not ashamed of work, and it shows that the stock of which the future general came was good, such as made frontiersmen and pioneers in the last century. Emmanuel H. Custer, father of the general, was born in Cryssoptown, Alleghany County, Maryland, December 10th, 1806. To-day, a hale hearty old man of seventy, somewhat bowed, but well as ever to all seeming, he stands a living instance of the strong physique and keen wits of the determined men wlib made the wild forests of Ohio to bloom like the rose. He was brought up as a smith, and worked at his trade for many years, till he had saved enough money to buy a farm, when he became a cultivator. All he knows he taught himself, but he gave his children the best education that could be obtained in those early days in Ohio. "When quite a young man, he left

Custerology

Author : Michael A. Elliott
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226201481
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (262 download)

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Download or read book Custerology written by Michael A. Elliott and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2008-08-26 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a hot summer day in 1876, George Armstrong Custer led the Seventh Cavalry to the most famous defeat in U.S. military history. Outnumbered and exhausted, the Seventh Cavalry lost more than half of its 400 men, and every soldier under Custer’s direct command was killed. It’s easy to understand why this tremendous defeat shocked the American public at the time. But with Custerology, Michael A. Elliott tackles the far more complicated question of why the battle still haunts the American imagination today. Weaving vivid historical accounts of Custer at Little Bighorn with contemporary commemorations that range from battle reenactments to the unfinished Crazy Horse memorial, Elliott reveals a Custer and a West whose legacies are still vigorously contested. He takes readers to each of the important places of Custer’s life, from his Civil War home in Michigan to the site of his famous demise, and introduces us to Native American activists, Park Service rangers, and devoted history buffs along the way. Elliott shows how Custer and the Indian Wars continue to be both a powerful symbol of America’s bloody past and a crucial key to understanding the nation’s multicultural present. “[Elliott] is an approachable guide as he takes readers to battlefields where Custer fought American Indians . . . to the Michigan town of Monroe that Custer called home after he moved there at age 10 . . . to the Black Hills of South Dakota where Custer led an expedition that gave birth to a gold rush."—Steve Weinberg, Atlanta Journal-Constitution “By ‘Custerology,’ Elliott means the historical interpretation and commemoration of Custer and the Indian Wars in which he fought not only by those who honor Custer but by those who celebrate the Native American resistance that defeated him. The purpose of this book is to show how Custer and the Little Bighorn can be and have been commemorated for such contradictory purposes.”—Library Journal “Michael Elliott’s Custerology is vivid, trenchant, engrossing, and important. The American soldier George Armstrong Custer has been the subject of very nearly incessant debate for almost a century and a half, and the debate is multicultural, multinational, and multimedia. Mr. Elliott's book provides by far the best overview, and no one interested in the long-haired soldier whom the Indians called Son of the Morning Star can afford to miss it.”—Larry McMurtry

Custer's Road to Disaster

Author : Kevin M. Sullivan
Publisher : TwoDot
ISBN 13 : 9780762784417
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (844 download)

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Download or read book Custer's Road to Disaster written by Kevin M. Sullivan and published by TwoDot. This book was released on 2013-06-25 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The death of George Armstrong Custer ended the life of one of the most flamboyant, brave, careless, and fascinating characters to ever wear a United States military uniform. His dramatic rise during the Civil War to the brevet rank of brigadier general at twenty-three, and his uncanny ability to stay alive regardless of how recklessly he flung himself at the enemy, gave rise to his image as an almost mythical figure. His life was filled with such good fortune that the term “Custer’s Luck” was used to refer to an unusually fortuitous event. Road to Disaster examines Custer’s unusual mental and emotional make-up, which played out in his military career, his relationship with his wife, and in the death he and many of his men found at the end of their march into Montana. A clearer picture of the man appears, providing answers as to why military success followed him to the top of his career, and why the Battle of the Little Bighorn became such a shocking disaster in the summer of 1876.

G.A. Custer to the Little Big Horn

Author : Steve Alexander
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788496658288
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (582 download)

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Download or read book G.A. Custer to the Little Big Horn written by Steve Alexander and published by . This book was released on 2011-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book by renowned historian Mr. Steve Alexander, traces the life and deeds of George Armstrong Custer from his beginnings to his famous Last Stand and death on June 25th, 1876 near the Little Big Horn River in southeastern Montana Territory. Mr. Alexander's "G.A. Custer to the Little Big Horn" is an in-depth approach to the always controversial figure and a reflection on the man, his time and the myth through exhaustive research and understanding gained from a whole life of study and dedication. Brilliant text and more than 200 period photographs and full color pictures - many of them designed specifically for this book - are interwoven here to render a distinctive work which stands out among the myriad of books already published on the famous encounter between Custer's 7th Cavalry and the Lakota and Northern Cheyenne, led by Sitting Bull. The book also includes a prologue by Dr. Joseph Medicine Crow, last War Chief of the Crow tribe, and an impressive color fold-out map with clear details of the famous battle. Proclaimed the "Foremost Custer Living Historian" by the United States Congress, Steve Alexander has been acknowledged by both the Michigan and Ohio Senates for his lifetime work and portrayal of America's most controversial military leader. Steve has appeared in over three dozen docudramas as the General, most recent being the Discovery Times: Only in America. His work for the History Channel includes "Command Decisions", "Trail with General Custer" and the "Little Big Horn - The Untold Story." Both television documentaries and the television portrayals "Biography of Custer" and Bill Kurtis' "Betrayal at Little Big Horn" in the "New Explorers" series cast Steve Alexander as General Custer again and received awards for the top historical presentations in 1998 & 1999. He and his wife Sandy now reside in the Bacon-Custer home in Monroe, Michigan, the General's adopted hometown, which they are in the process of restoring. Well-known to the people of Nebraska, Kansas, and South Dakota, Steve is also responsible for the text of the new historical marker in Hunterstown, PA and annually represents General Custer at Gettysburg, Appomattox and other Civil War events. He was honored to represent the state of North Dakota during the 2005 Presidential Inaugural Parade in Washington D. C. Instrumental in reestablishing the Annual Custer's Last Stand Reenactment in Hardin, Montana, he now participates in the Real Bird Reenactment of the Little Big Horn on the Original Battlefield each year, during the battle's anniversary weekend. Steve has been the recipient of the Custer Battlefield Historical and Museum Association's Editor's Choice Award and duly honored by Joe Medicine Crow, Tribal Historian bestowing the Crow Indian name Ika' Dieux' Daka', "Son of the Morning Star" a name previously held by only one man: George Armstrong Custer.

George Armstrong Custer

Author : Theodore Link
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 9780823941582
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (415 download)

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Marching to Valhalla

Author : Michael Blake
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0307806057
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Marching to Valhalla written by Michael Blake and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2011-08-31 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of Dances With Wolves turns his creativity and imagination toward America's doomed romantic hero, George Armstrong Custer--the youngest general of the Civil War, trailblazer, Indian hunter, passionate lover, obsessive husband, and tormented, guilt-ridden soul. A wonderful merger of fact and fiction, Marching to Valhalla is soon to be a major motion picture starring Brad Pitt.