My Life on the Plains

Custer, General George A.; Milo Milton Quaife (editor, intro.)

ISBN 10: 0803250428 / ISBN 13: 9780803250420

Published by Bison Books-University of Nebraska Press, 1966

About this Item

Stiff color illus. wraps. As issued. 10th ptg. thus. xlii,626 pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Seller Inventory # 071478

Bibliographic Details

• Title: My Life on the Plains
• Publisher: Bison Books-University of Nebraska Press
• Publication Date: 1966
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0803250428
• ISBN 13: 9780803250420
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First Thus.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • American West/Western Americana

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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.