In Custer's Shadow: Major Marcus Reno

Nichols, Ronald H.

ISBN 10: 0883420694 / ISBN 13: 9780883420690

Published by Old Army Press, 1999

About this Item

One of 1000 copies, signed by Nichols on title page. Additionally, Nichols signed and dated on the half title page: "From the author with the best wishes." A crisp, clean copy in full cloth binding. xii, 407pp. Introduction by Brian Pohanka. Very nice dust jacket now in a new mylar cover. Size: 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.

Seller Inventory # 073129

Bibliographic Details

• Title: In Custer's Shadow: Major Marcus Reno
• Publisher: Old Army Press
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0883420694
• ISBN 13: 9780883420690
• Binding: Hardccover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed
• Seller catalogs:
  • Americana

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Synopsis

During the Battle of the Little Big Horn, five entire companies of the 7th Cavalry, including their leader, George Armstrong Custer, were lost. For years the shadow of blame for the defeat has been cast upon Custer. What role did his subordinates play in the battle? Did they contribute to the Custer failure, or was he the only one to blame?

In Custer’s Shadow presents the complex life of Major Marcus Reno, Custer’s second-in-command. Employing photographs and maps to help the reader visualize the text, Ronald H. Nichols unravels the controversy surrounding Reno’s role in the battle and questions the scrutiny to which he was subjected in the years following.