Cavalier in buckskin : George Armstrong Custer and the western military frontier / by Robert M. Utley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Utley, Robert M., 1929-2022.

Series:

Oklahoma western biographies ; v. 1.

The Oklahoma western biographies ; v. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Custer, George A.

United States. Army--Biography.

United States.

United States. Army.

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

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Wars.

Generals--United States--Biography.

Generals.

West (U.S.)--History--1848-1860.

West (U.S.).

West (U.S.)--History--1860-1890.

West (U.S.)--History--1890-1945.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xvii, 226 pages : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [1988]

Summary:

George Armstrong Custer. The name evokes instant recognition in almost every American and in people around the world. No figure in the history of the American West has more powerfully moved the human imagination. When originally published in 1988, Cavalier in Buckskin met with critical acclaim. Now Robert M. Utley has revised his best-selling biography of General George Armstrong Custer. In his preface to the revised edition, Utley writes about his summers (1947-1952) spent as a historical aide at the Custer Battlefield-as it was then known-and credits the work of several authors whose recent scholarship has illuminated our understanding of the events of Little Bighorn. He has revised or expanded chapters, added new information on sources, and revised the map of the battlefield.

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages 213-216.

ISBN:

0806121505

OCLC:

17774791