The Custer Companion: A Comprehensive Guide to the Life of George Armstrong Custer and the Plains Indian Wars

Few figures in American history inspire more interest than the enigmatic George Armstrong Custer. From his early service in the Civil War to his later years fighting Indians on the frontier, Custer's image has been indelibly imprinted on the pages of American history. His last stand at the Little Bighorn has been retold over and over and remains one of the most infamous stories of the American West. Author and historian Thom Hatch has scoured the historical record to prepare this exhaustive compendium of information of and relating to Custer. It will, he believes, come to be known as "the classic reference source" for the enigmatic cavalryman.

Thom Hatch is the author of numerous other works on Custer, including "Custer and the Battle of Little Bighorn: An Encyclopedia" and "Clashes of Cavalry: The Civil War Careers of George Armstrong Custer and J. E. B. Stuart" (0811703568).