A Wounded Thing Must Hide
Subtitle: In Search of Libbie Custer
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Published: August 3, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781582341217
Subjects: Military; West (U.S.); Generals' spouses; Biography/Autobiography; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; United States; Travelers; Historical - General; Women; Biography & Autobiography / General; Biography; Frontier and pioneer life; Generals
First sentence: Fort Abraham Lincoln, Dakota Territories, June 5th 1876: at a little after three a rider appears - just a speck at first, dark and shimmering in the heat off the plains.
Description: The author sets out in search of the elusive wife of Colonel Custer and discovers her to be a gracious, loving woman who fiercely protected and bolstered her husband's tarnished reputation.