My Life on the Plains - Couverture souple

Custer, George A.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0803250428 ISBN 13 : 9780803250420

Editeur : University of Nebraska Press, 1989

Synopsis

Book by General George A Custer

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Since the Battle of Little Bighorn, George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876) has possessed one of the most unique places in American history. Although he was a capable cavalry officer who served honorably during the Civil War, he remains one of the most instantly identifiable and famous military men in American history due to the fact he was killed during one of the country’s most well known and ignominious defeats, the Battle of Little Bighorn. And yet, this one relatively insignificant battle during America’s Indian Wars has become one of the country’s most mythologized events and continues to fascinate Americans nearly 140 years later.

Though he’s now best remembered for “Custer’s Last Stand”, George Armstrong Custer began June 25, 1876 as one of America’s better regarded cavalry officers, and a man whose ambitions might one day take him to higher office. In fact, decades before radio and television existed, Custer mastered the art of public relations, dressing impeccably and having newspaper correspondents accompany him on campaign, all in an effort to help cultivate and enhance his legacy. Custer’s efforts worked, with one biographer noting that Americans during the 19th century viewed him as “a cavalier without fear and beyond reproach."

My Life on the Plains is Custer's memoir about his times out West after the Civil War, and it discusses the Indian Wars at length.

Présentation de l'éditeur

My Life on the Plains is an autobiographical first-hand account of the Indian Wars of 1867-1869, detailing the winter campaign of 1868 in which Custer led the 7th US cavalry against the Cheyenne indians. The book is a historical document of the perspectives and attitudes of it's age and author as well as an account of army life during the expeditions of the Indian Wars. Expect a fair amount of masculine bravado, historical fact-bending and quite a few stomach-turning descriptions of violence from both the indians and the cavalry. George Armstrong Custer (1839 – 1876), one of the most mythologized figures in American history, was an United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the Indian Wars. He eventually met his fate in the battle of Little Big Horn in one of the most notable defeats of American armed forces.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Nebraska Press
• Date d'édition: 1989
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0803250428
• ISBN 13: 9780803250420
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 668
• Éditeur: Quaife Milo Milton
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible