My Life on the Plains

General George A Custer

ISBN 10: 0803250428 / ISBN 13: 9780803250420

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My Life on the Plains by General George A Custer. Published by University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE, 1966. Republication 6th Printing. Paperback. No DJ. Size 8vo (up to 9-1/2'' tall). Condition: Nr Fine. Edge wear to covers, top front corner creased, overall content excellent. 626 Pgs. ISBN 0803250428. The Edited with an introduction by Milo Milton Quaife. The text taken directly from the magazine Galaxy, where it first appeared as a series of articles (January 1872-October 1874). The original articles contained a good deal of second-hand narration and a lengthy exposition of the opposing views on Indian policy held by the Army and the Indian Department. The editor omitted this matter, thereby making this a compact, fast-moving narrative, that presents Custer's essential story in better from than any previous edition. Description text copyright 2015 BooksForComfort. Item ID 31061.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: My Life on the Plains
• ISBN 10: 0803250428
• ISBN 13: 9780803250420
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 2nd edition.
• Printing: 5th or later printin
• Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

Book by General George A. Custer

From the Back Cover

This is the personal narrative of the most famous cavalry leader America ever produced.

Custer's solid claim to military fame rests upon his achievements in the Civil War, yet paradoxically he is chiefly remembered by reason of his death in the Battle of Little Big Horn in June 1876-- "Custer's Last Stand".

Much controversy still rages over Custer's career and character. Custer was an exceedingly complex man who, in life, won devoted friends and admirers as well as outspokenly bitter enemies.

This book, representing the major part of Custer's life, was first published some two years before the General's Death. It is a vivid picture of the American West, the rigors of life for the settlers, and the horrors of indian warfare.

Custer, in this intensely personal account, made a major contribution to american history.