General Custer, Libbie Custer and their dogs : a passion for hounds, from the Civil War to Little Bighorn / Brian Patrick Duggan ; foreword by Paul L. Hedren.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Duggan, Brian Patrick, 1953- author.

Contributor:

Hedren, Paul L., writer of foreword.

Series:

Dogs in our world

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Custer, George A.

Custer, Elizabeth Bacon, 1842-1933.

Custer, Elizabeth Bacon.

Dog owners--United States--Biography.

Dog owners.

Women dog owners--United States--Biography.

Women dog owners.

United States--History--1849-1877.

United States.

History.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

xv, 345 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]

Summary:

"The little known history of General George Armstrong Custer and his wife, Libbie Custer, as wholehearted dog lovers. At the time of his death at Little Bighorn, they owned a rollicking pack of forty hunting dogs, including Scottish Deerhounds, Russian Wolfhounds, Greyhounds and Foxhounds. Told from a dog owner's perspective"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Judge Bacon's daughter

That Custer boy

Armstrong ascendant

My husband's dogs

The Texas pack

Kansas: hunting game and chasing Indians

Kansas and Indian territory: bloody snow

The tourist hunters

Blue grass, Pvt. Burkman, and the Grand Duke Alexis

Paw prints on the Yellowstone

Fort Lincoln and the Black Hills

The last dog deals and the march to Little Bighorn

Dog rumors and the last stand hoax

The Widow Custer's burden

Epilogue: Custer's last hound.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-329) and index.

ISBN:

9781476669540

1476669546

OCLC:

1097485379