Custerology
Subtitle: The Enduring Legacy of the Indian Wars and George Armstrong Custer
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press; University of Chicago Press
Published: October 15, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780226201467
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Battles & campaigns; Indigenous peoples; c 1800 to c 1900; Native Americans - History; United States History (Specific Aspects); History; History - U.S; History: American; USA; Military - United States; Native American; United States - 19th Century/Old West; United States - Reconstruction Period (1865-1877); History / United States / 19th Century; Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies; United States - 19th Century; 1839-1876; Custer, George Armstrong,; Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876
Description: "On a hot summer day in 1876, George Armstrong Custer led the Seventh Cavalry to the most famous defeat in U.S. military history. It's easy to understand why this tremendous defeat shocked the American public at the time. But with Custerology, Michael A. Elliott tackles the far more complicated question of why the battle retains such power for Americans today. Weaving historical accounts of Custer at Little Bighorn with contemporary commemorations that range from battle reenactments to the unfinished Crazy Horse memorial, Elliott reveals a Custer and a West whose legacies are still vigorously contested."--Jacket.