Custerology

The Enduring Legacy of the Indian Wars and George Armstrong Custer

Autor: Michael A. Elliott

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Oprawa: Miękka

Wydawca: The University of Chicago Press

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On a hot summer day in 1876, George Armstrong Custer led the Seventh Cavalry to the most famous defe...

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Autor

Michael A. Elliott

Język

Angielski

Oprawa

Książka - Miękka

Data wydania

2008

strony

344

EAN

9780226201474

ISBN

0226201473

Enbook ID

04544382

Wydawca

The University of Chicago Press

Waga

524

Wymiary

157 x 228 x 21

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On a hot summer day in 1876, George Armstrong Custer led the Seventh Cavalry to the most famous defeat in U.S. military history. Outnumbered and exhausted, the Seventh Cavalry lost more than half of its four hundred men, and every soldier under Custer's direct command was killed.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 still haunts the American imagination today. Weaving vivid 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. He takes readers to each of the important places of Custer's life, from his Civil War home in Michigan to the site of his famous demise, and introduces us to Native American activists, Park Service rangers, and devoted history buffs along the way. Throughout, Elliott shows how Custer and the Indian Wars continue to be both a powerful symbol of America's bloody past and a crucial key to understanding the nation's multicultural present.

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