Our Centennial Indian War and the Life of General Custer

by Frances Fuller Victor

Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer was widely known as a Civil War figure, author, and successful cavalry leader before his spectacular defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876 by Lakota and Northern Cheyenne Indians. His actions--and those of his troops--would have been of public interest even without their final, bloody outcome. A ready audience of readers was hungry for information about the engagement and about their fallen hero when...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806141735
• ISBN13: 9780806141732
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 195 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 7.7"