CAVALIER IN BUCKSKIN: George Armstrong Custer And The Western Military Frontier

Utley, Robert M.

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Edité par Norman OK & London UK. 1988. Univ. Of Oklahoma Press / Oklahoma Western Biographies series volume 1, 1988

0806121505 / 9780806121505

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blue full cloth hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective brodart book jacket cover. very fine cond. mint cond. looks new. like new. as new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in very fine cond. as new. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition so stated. first printing (nap). xvii+226p. 34 b&w illustrations. 8 b&w maps. sources. index. biography. american history. american civil war. american indian history. military history. ~ George Armstrong Custer. The name evokes instant recognition in almost every American and in people around the world. No figure in the history of the American West has more powerfully moved the human imagination. The Custer wielding this enormous influence, however, is the legendary Custer, not the real Custer, the immortal rather than the mortal. Cavalier in Buckskin probes the mortal and the immortal while also characterizing and interpreting the institutional context of both ~ the frontier army of the American West. Custer was the best known (though not the best) of the nation's military Indian fighters. Through the man we have clear access to the western military frontier and the nature of warfare with the Indians of the Great Plains. Custer first burst into popular imagination as the "Boy General" of Civil War fame. Despite his youth, he proved a superlative combat leader; from Gettysburg to Appomattox his handling of cavalry brigade and division was nearly flawless. His immortality, however, rests almost entirely on his frontier exploits. As premier Indian fighter, mighty hunter, skilled plainsman, dashing cavalier, and celebrated author, he ranked as durable hero for a decade. The climax came at the Little Bighorn~Custer's Last Stand. Usually viewed as a reckless sacrifice of troops in quest of glory, it was rather a disaster chiefly attributable to bad luck and failed subordinates. Custer was a complex character, overflowing with contradictions. Robert Utley sees the contradictions principally as symptoms of a constant struggle between boy and man, a struggle never wholly resolved. Spotlighted here for the first time are an obsession with money that fueled shady business deals and possibly fraudulent kickback schemes and a solid marriage that nonetheless, after some stormy interludes, accommodated infidelities. "Utley has a captivating style: direct, clear, and evocative. The narrative passages are invariably well paced, and he has a knack for quick characterization where minor figures are involved. His Custer emerges, warts and all, as a man of some complexity. This is a book people will enjoy reading." ~Brian W. Dippie, University of Victoria. Volume 1 in The Oklahoma Western Biographies.…

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CAVALIER IN BUCKSKIN: George Armstrong Custer And The Western Military Frontier
Auteur
Utley, Robert M.
Éditeur
Norman OK & London UK. 1988. Univ. Of Oklahoma Press / Oklahoma Western Biographies series volume 1
Année de publication
1988
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Comme neuf
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Comme neuf
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Couverture rigide
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anglais
ISBN à 10 chiffres
0806121505
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9780806121505
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Edition originale
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american history, american indian history, biography

Chris Fessler, Bookseller

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