'General George Armstrong Custer was a brave, ambitious, stupid cavalryman. Bravely, ambitiously and stupidly he rode with under 70 troopers into the greatest war party the Indians ever assembled in North America, mustering some 20,000 braves. He and his band were wiped out. Evan S. Connell is a novelist and he has brought a novelist's audacity to the construction of "Son of The Morning Star", a civilized and compassionate history. This is a magnificent book' - "Financial Times". 'Custer's Last Stand' is amongst the most ...
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'General George Armstrong Custer was a brave, ambitious, stupid cavalryman. Bravely, ambitiously and stupidly he rode with under 70 troopers into the greatest war party the Indians ever assembled in North America, mustering some 20,000 braves. He and his band were wiped out. Evan S. Connell is a novelist and he has brought a novelist's audacity to the construction of "Son of The Morning Star", a civilized and compassionate history. This is a magnificent book' - "Financial Times". 'Custer's Last Stand' is amongst the most enduring events in American history - more than a hundred years after the fact, books continue to be written and people continue to argue about even the most basic details surrounding the Little Bighorn. Evan S. Connell, whom Joyce Carol Oates has described as 'one of our most interesting and intelligent American writers', wrote what continues to be the most reliable - and compulsively readable - account of the subject. Connell makes good use of his research and novelist's eye for story and detail to recreate the heroism, foolishness and savagery of this crucial chapter in the history of the West.
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As new book in an as new dust jacket. Inscribed by the author. 437 pages. 437 pages. First edition, fifth printing. Dust jacket design by David Bullen. Winner of the 1984 National Book Critic's Circle Award. Made into the 1991 television miniseries. Inscribed by Connell on a pasted in card on the title page. As new book in an as new dust jacket. A beautiful copy!
Great book full of first person testimony and verifiable accounts of Custers' just reward. I had no idea the desertion rate in his outfit was 50%.
Well written account of events of that day.
The book was described accurately and shippiing was very good
SID N
Apr 25, 2013
Very Informative
This is one of the most informative books on Custer and the Little Big Horn battle that I have read.I very much recommend it.