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Custer
by McMurtry, Larry
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1451626207
- ISBN 13
- 9781451626209
- Seller
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Wake Forest, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. Author's unique, albeit controversial, take on Custer and his myth and legend. Students of Little Big Horn battle frequently criticize McMurtry's knowledge of the Custer battle and his book. But it is McMurtry. 9015.
Synopsis
This lavishly illustrated volume reassesses and celebrates the life and legacy of the WestâÈçs most legendary figure, George Armstrong Custer, from âÈêone of AmericaâÈçs great storytellersâÈë ( The Wall Street Journal ). On June 25, 1876, General George Armstrong Custer and his seventh cavalry attacked a large Lakota Cheyenne village on the Little Bighorn River in Montana Territory. He lost not only the battle but his life and the lives of his entire cavalry. âÈêCusterâÈçs Last StandâÈë was a spectacular defeat that shocked the country and grew into a legend that has reverberated in the national consciousness to this day. Pulitzer Prize-winner Larry McMurtry has long been fascinated by the âÈêBoy GeneralâÈë and his rightful place in history. Here he delivers an expansive, clear-eyed reassessment of his life and legacy, revealing a complex, perpetually restless man with a difficult marriage, a hunger for glory, and an unwavering confidence in his abilities. While Custer is first and foremost an enthralling story filled with larger-than-life charactersâÈ'Ulysses S. Grant, William Tecumseh Sherman, Buffalo Bill Cody, Sitting Bull, Crazy HorseâÈ'McMurtry also argues that Little Bighorn should be seen as a monumental event in American history, bringing to a close the great narrative of western expansion. Featuring more than 100 photographs, paintings, and illustrations, Custer is a visually stunning and magisterial portrait of one of the paramount figures of Western and American history, as told by the greatest chronicler of the American West.
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Details
- Bookseller
- AST Press
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9015
- Title
- Custer
- Author
- McMurtry, Larry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 1451626207
- ISBN 13
- 9781451626209
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2012
Terms of Sale
AST Press
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 15 days after delivery if an item arrives incorrectly described or damaged. We do not modify prices after the sale.
About the Seller
AST Press
Biblio member since 2008
Wake Forest, North Carolina
About AST Press
I have been selling books dealing with the Indian wars, especially George Custer, since 1986. I first published my own books under my own imprint of AST Press. More recently, I have published my books through other publishers, most notably the University of Oklahoma Press. I also buy and resell the book collections of other individuals. Other genres now include the Civil War, Old West, biographies and others. We are always open to by collections. I sell through our own web site, Indianwarsbooks.com, and others such as Biblio.com. I also continue to set up my inventory books at shows, including the Little Big Horn Associates, the Custer Battlefield Historical & Museum Assn. and Civil War shows.
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