More than 300,000 people visit the site of George Armstrong Custer’s Last Stand each year; however the 1876 Battle of Little Bighorn is only part of Custer’s story on the Great Plains. The famed general and his Seventh Cavalry spent 10 years on the plains prior to Little Bighorn, participating in campaigns from Texas to North Dakota and leaving behind a colourful, controversial and enduring legacy. The Great Plains Guide to Custer is the first book that directs readers to all of the sites Custer visited west of the Mississippi River. Featured are more than 80 locations in 10 states that the general is confirmed to have visited, as well dozens of related places of interest to Western, Plains Indian, and army historians. Also included is all-new information on Custer’s 1872 Great Buffalo Hunt with the Russian grand duke Alexis, an expedition that featured many of the most famous figures of the nineteenth-century American West sure to appeal to the many Custer aficionados. About the Author Jeff Barnes is a freelance writer who lives in Omaha, Nebraska. He is a former newspaper editor and past chairman of the Nebraska Hall of Fame commission.
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More than 300,000 people visit the site of George Armstrong Custer’s Last Stand each year; however the 1876 Battle of Little Bighorn is only part of Custer’s story on the Great Plains.
First book that directs readers to all of the sites Custer visited west of the Mississippi River

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780811708364
Publisert
2012-02-07
Utgiver
Vendor
Stackpole Books
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
256

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Biographical note

Jeff Barnes lives in Omaha, Nebraska, and is an independent historian, former newspaper editor, trustee of the Nebraska State Historical Society, and past chairman of the Nebraska Hall of Fame commission.