Thieves' Road: The Black Hills Betrayal and Custer's Path to Little Bighorn

by Terry Mort

Book Overview

In the summer of 1874, Brevet Major General George Armstrong Custer led an expedition of some 1000 troops and more than one hundred wagons into the Black Hills of South Dakota. This fascinating work of narrative history tells the little-known story of this exploratory mission and reveals how it set the stage for the climactic Battle of the Little Bighorn two years later. What is the significance of this obscure foray into the Black Hills? The short...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1616149604
• ISBN13: 9781616149604
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.0"