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The real Custer : from boy general to tragic hero
Title:
The real Custer : from boy general to tragic hero
Author:
Robbins, James S., 1962-
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Washington, DC : Regnery History, [2014]
Physical Description:
xvi, 494 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language:
English
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".
ISBN:
9781621572091
Format :
Book