Custerology The Enduring Legacy of the Indian Wars and George Armstrong Custer

Name: Custerology The Enduring Legacy of the Indian Wars and George Armstrong Custer
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ISBN: 9780226201474

ISBN-10: 0226201473

ISBN-13: 9780226201474

Edition: 2008

Authors: Michael A. Elliott

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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 withCusterology, 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…

Book details

List price: $19.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 10/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 344
Size: 5.94" wide x 9.17" long x 0.81" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Introduction



Ghost Dancing on Last Stand Hill: Crow Agency, Montana



Being Custer: Monroe, Michigan



Lives on the Plains: Cheyenne, Oklahoma



Into the Black Hills: Rapid City, South Dakota



Testimony in Translation: The Library



Little Bighorn Forever: Hardin, Montana Garryowen, Montana


Epilogue: Indian Country


Acknowledgments


Notes


Works Cited


Index