The Custer ReaderPaul Andrew Hutton America's most famously unfortunate soldier has been the subject of scores of books, but The Custer Reader is unique as a substantial source of classic writings about and by him. Here is George Armstrong Custer as seen by himself, his contemporaries, and leading scholars. Those steeped in Custeriana will discover new insights in these pieces, some published for the first time, some difficult of access, assembled for easy reference. Those led by Custer's legend to make a fuller acquaintance will find here a reliable and complete introduction to his controversial personality and career and their transmogrification into myth. Combining first-person narratives, scholarly articles, photographic essays--as well as original selections by Robert M. Utley, Brian Dippie, Gregory J. W. Urwin, and Eric von Schmidt--The Custer Reader contains four sections, each introduced by Paul Andrew Hutton. Jay Monaghan, Brian Dippie, Charles King, and Chief Joseph White Bull are among those who illuminate Custer's Civil War years; his role in the Indian wars, particularly the Battle of the Little Big Horn; and the evolution of the Custer myth. |
Contents
MAPS | 10 |
From West Point to the Battlefield | 33 |
Custers Last StandTrevilian Station 1864 | 53 |
The Battle of Waynesboro | 69 |
Photographic Essay | 83 |
The Southern Plains War 186869 | 94 |
The Indian Fighter | 103 |
The West Breaks in General Custer | 116 |
Custers Last Battle | 257 |
The Cavalry Campaign Outfit at the Little Big Horn | 319 |
The Battle of the Little Bighorn | 336 |
Custers Last Battle | 345 |
She Watched Custers Last Battle | 363 |
Photographic Essay | 379 |
THE CUSTER MYTH | 385 |
General Custer in Hollywood 488 | 390 |
Some Reminiscences Including the Washita Battle | 159 |
Battling with the Sioux on the Yellowstone | 201 |
Photographic Essay | 221 |
Introduction | 229 |
The Great Sioux War | 232 |
The Little Big Horn | 239 |
The Battle of the Little Big Horn | 246 |
Custers Last Stand | 424 |
Sunday at the Little Big Horn with George | 463 |
Jack Crabb and the Sole Survivors of Custers Last Stand | 473 |
The Legend of the Martyred Hero in America | 525 |
Photographic Essay | 549 |
Sources | 575 |
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