The real Custer : from boy general to tragic hero / James S. Robbins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robbins, James S., 1962-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876.

Custer, George A.

Generals--United States--Biography.

Generals.

Indians of North America--Wars.

United States.

Great Plains.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Biography.

History.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.

Indians of North America--Wars--1866-1895.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Wars--Great Plains.

United States. Army--Biography.

United States. Army.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xvi, 494 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Custer : from boy general to tragic hero

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Regnery History, [2014]

Contents:

"My voice is for war!"

Custer the goat

The brotherhood broken

"A slim, long-haired boy, carelessly dressed"

"I promise that you shall hear of me"

"Conspicuous gallantry"

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"

The "long-haired hero of the lash"

The "swing around the circle"

Court-martial

Washita

Custer on the plains

The great buffalo hunt

Battle on the Yellowstone

Custer's Gulch

Grant's revenge

"Don't be greedy"

A ridge too far

"He will never fight anymore".

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781621572091

1621572099

OCLC:

871219738