The real Custer
Subtitle: from boy general to tragic hero
By: James S.  Robbins
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 494
ISBN-13: 9781621572091
Subjects: Campaigns; United States; Generals; Indians of North America; United States. Army; Wars; Biography; History
Other titles: Custer :
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "My voice is for war!"; title: Custer the goat; title: The brotherhood broken; title: "A slim, long-haired boy, carelessly dressed"; title: "I promise that you shall hear of me"; title: "Conspicuous gallantry"; title: Gettysburg; title: The "daring, terrible demon" of battle; title: The Buckland races; title: The Dahlgren Affair; title: Little Phil; title: Into the Valley; title: "Let the sword decide the contest"; title: Custer's counterinsurgency; title: "Custer is a trump"; title: "Fighting like a Viking"; title: "Custer against the world"; title: "Like the charge of a Sioux chieftain"; title: The "long-haired hero of the lash"; title: The "swing around the circle"; title: Court-martial; title: Washita; title: Custer on the plains; title: The great buffalo hunt; title: Battle on the Yellowstone; title: Custer's Gulch; title: Grant's revenge; title: "Don't be greedy"; title: A ridge too far; title: "He will never fight anymore".