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The Real Custer

Author : James S. Robbins

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 349 pages

File Size : 46,55 MB

Release : 2014-06-23

Category : History

ISBN : 1621572366

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The Real Custer takes a good hard look at the life and storied military career of George Armstrong Custer—from cutting his teeth at Bull Run in the Civil War, to his famous and untimely death at Little Bighorn in the Indian Wars. Author James Robbins demonstrates that Custer, having graduated last in his class at West Point, went on to prove himself again and again as an extremely skilled cavalry leader. Robbins argues that Custer's undoing was his bold and cocky attitude, which caused the Army's bloodiest defeat in the Indian Wars. Robbins also dives into Custer’s personal life, exploring his letters and other personal documents to reveal who he was as a person, underneath the military leader. The Real Custer is an exciting and valuable contribution to the legend and history of Custer that will delight Custer fans as well as readers new to the legend.



The Real Custer

Author : James Robbins

Publisher : Regnery Publishing

Page : 514 pages

File Size : 19,87 MB

Release : 2014-06-23

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 1621572099

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The Real Custer takes a good hard look at the life and storied military career of George Armstrong Custer—from cutting his teeth at Bull Run in the Civil War, to his famous and untimely death at Little Bighorn in the Indian Wars. Author James Robbins demonstrates that Custer, having graduated last in his class at West Point, went on to prove himself again and again as an extremely skilled cavalry leader. Robbins argues that Custer's undoing was his bold and cocky attitude, which caused the Army's bloodiest defeat in the Indian Wars. Robbins also dives into Custer’s personal life, exploring his letters and other personal documents to reveal who he was as a person, underneath the military leader. The Real Custer is an exciting and valuable contribution to the legend and history of Custer that will delight Custer fans as well as readers new to the legend.



Custer

Author : Jay Monaghan

Publisher : U of Nebraska Press

Page : 500 pages

File Size : 25,40 MB

Release : 1971-01-01

Category : History

ISBN : 9780803257320

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"The Custer literature is voluminous and most of it is highly controversial. Through the tangle of charges and countercharges Jay Monaghan cuts a clear path in his fresh account of Custer's whole career. Where possible, Monaghan relies on original sources, and he appraises them with the sound judgment of the practiced historian he is. He is sympathetic with Custer but does not hesitate to show the man's foibles and failures. He presents no attorney's brief and yet he disproves a number of ill-founded accusations. . . ."



To Hell with Honor

Author : Larry Sklenar

Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press

Page : 418 pages

File Size : 14,12 MB

Release : 2003-03-01

Category : History

ISBN : 9780806134727

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"Sklenar contends that Custer did have a battle plan, one different from any other suggested by scholars thus far. Custer, he argues, had reason to believe that his scheme might succeed with minimum bloodshed; made decisions consistent with army regulations and his best instincts as an experienced commander; had subordinates who could not overcome the limits of their personalities in a desperate situation; and made a selfless commitment to save the bulk of his regiment. Along the way, Sklenar appraises the officers and other men who served in the Seventh, evaluating the survivors' testimony and assessing the intent and motives of each."--BOOK JACKET.



The Last Days of George Armstrong Custer

Author : Thom Hatch

Publisher : Macmillan

Page : 383 pages

File Size : 24,71 MB

Release : 2015-02-03

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 1250051029

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Subtitle from jacket; subtitle on title page repeats the main title.



Keep the Last Bullet for Yourself

Author : Thomas Bailey Marquis

Publisher : Two Continents Publishing Group, Incorporated

Page : 224 pages

File Size : 46,8 MB

Release : 1976

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN :

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Book Description

Provides explanation of what occurred on that day in 1876 when Sioux and Cheyenne warriors overwhelmed the Seventh Cavalry.



Custer

Author : Jeffry D. Wert

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 485 pages

File Size : 47,52 MB

Release : 1997-06-10

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 0684832755

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Book Description

Draws on previously overlooked documents to probe the puzzles that have continued to mark the legendary general's life and career.



Last in Their Class

Author : James Robbins

Publisher : Encounter Books

Page : 495 pages

File Size : 16,36 MB

Release : 2017-03-21

Category : History

ISBN : 1594039240

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Today’s Goat, the celebrated West Point cadet finishing at the bottom of his class, carries on a long and storied tradition. George Custer’s contemporaries at the Academy believed that the same spirit of adventure that led him to “blow post” at night to carouse at local taverns also motivated his dramatic cavalry attacks in the Civil War and afterwards. And the same willingness to stoically accept punishment for his hijinks at the Academy also sent George Pickett marching into the teeth of the Union guns at Gettysburg. The story James S. Robbins tells goes from the beginnings of West Point through the carnage of the Civil War to the grassy bluffs over the Little Big Horn. The Goats he profiles tell us much about the soul of the American solider, his daring, imagination and desire to prove himself against high odds.



Custer

Author : Larry McMurtry

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 192 pages

File Size : 22,68 MB

Release : 2013-10-22

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 1451626215

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Book Description

In this lavishly illustrated volume, Larry McMurtry, the greatest chronicler of the American West, tackles for the first time one of the paramount figures of Western and American history--George Armstrong Custer. McMurtry also argues that Custer's last stand at the Little Bighorn should be seen as a monumental event in our nation's history. Like all great battles, its true meaning can be found in its impact on our politics and policy, and the epic defeat clearly signaled the end of the Indian Wars--and brought to a close the great narrative of western expansion.



Where Custer Fell

Author : James S. Brust

Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press

Page : 244 pages

File Size : 27,12 MB

Release : 2007-03-01

Category : History

ISBN : 9780806138343

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Book Description

Historical and contemporary photographs accompany a narrative reflection on Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer's "Last Stand" at the Battle of Little Bighorn, which includes personal accounts of battle veterans.