Inventing Custer : the making of an American legend / Edward Caudill and Paul G. Ashdown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Caudill, Edward, author.

Ashdown, Paul, 1944- author.

Series:

American crisis series.

American crisis series : books on the Civil War Era

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Custer, George A.

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

United States. Army--Biography.

United States.

Generals--United States--Biography.

Generals.

Indians of North America--Wars--West (U.S.).

Indians of North America.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (389 pages)

Place of Publication:

Lanham [Maryland] : Rowman & Littlefield, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Custer's Last Stand remains one of the most iconic events in American history and culture. Had Custer prevailed at the Little Bighorn, the victory would have been noteworthy at the moment, worthy of a few newspaper headlines, but only a few among the many battles with the Plains Indians. In defeat, however tactically inconsequential in the larger conflict, Custer became legend. In Inventing Custer, Edward Caudill and Paul Ashdown bridge the gap between the Custer who truly existed and the one we've immortalized and mythologized into legend in our generally accepted reading of American history

Contents:

Introduction; Part I: New Rumley to Appomattox; 1 The Dream; 2 The Sun of Glory; 3 The General; 4 Gettysburg; 5 Shining Star; 6 Checkmate; Part II: Requiem and Resurrection; 7 From Civil War to Indian Wars; 8 Crossing the River; 9 Custer and the Press; 10 The Frontier, the Fittest, and Custer; 11 The Custer Story in History; 12 Visitors.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4422-5187-5