The best biography of the commander of the 7th Cavalry, George Armstrong Custer, written by Friends’ board member Robert Utley.

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Product Description

George Armstrong Custer. The name evokes instant recognition among Americans and people around the world. No figure in the history of the American West has more powerfully moved the human imagination. This new, lavishly illustrated book combines over 300 photographs and paintings, many in color, with a revised edition of Robert M. Utley's classic biography, Cavalier in Buckskin.

Drawing on twelve years of additional research on Sitting Bull and the Battle of the Little Bighorn, Utley has dramatically changed his original interpretations of Custer's Last Stand in this revised edition, and has brought the reference list completely up to date for the benefit of students, scholars, and western history buffs.

Bringing to life vivid images of the western military frontier, Custer presents George Armstrong Custer, the man and the legend, and illuminates the challenges he faced in warfare with the Indians of the Great Plains.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #742009 in Books
• Published on: 2001-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 176 pages

About the Author
Robert M. Utley, former Chief Historian and Assistant Director of the National Park Service, is the author of many books and articles on the West. Cavalier in Buckskin, also published by the University of Oklahoma Press, won the 1989 Western Heritage Wrangler Award for Outstanding Nonfiction Book and was a Book-of-the-Month Club and History Book Club selection. Since his retirement from the federal government, he has devoted himself full time to historical research and writing.