Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Format: ebook
Number of pages: 582
ISBN-13: 9781101875841
Description: From the Preface...

I am telling [George Armstrong Custer's] story in a particular light, with a particular sense of context. The result, I hope, is not simply an addition to a familiar story--he was famous for this as well as for that--but something larger and more comprehensive. I want to explain why his celebrity, and notoriety, spanned both the Civil War and his years on the frontier, resting on neither exclusively but incorporating both.
Table of contents: title: Copyright; title: Dedication; title: Epigraph; title: Contents; title: List of Illustrations; title: List of Maps; title: Preface; title: Part One: Rise 1839–1865; title: 1 The Accused; title: 2 The Observer; title: 3 The Protégé; title: 4 The Prodigy; title: 5 The Women; title: 6 The General; title: 7 The Hero; title: 8 The Victor; title: Part Two: Fall 1865–1876; title: 9 The Executioner; title: 10 The Politician; title: 11 The Fallen; title: 12 The Indian Killer; title: 13 The Financier; title: 14 The Writer; title: 15 The Enemy; title: 16 The Accuser; title: Epilogue; title: Acknowledgments; title: Notes; title: Primary Source Bibliography; title: Index; title: A Note About the Author; title: Illustrations