The real Custer from boy general to tragic hero

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Main Author: Robbins, James S., 1962-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Regnery Publishing, 2014.
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100 1 |a Robbins, James S.,  |d 1962- 
245 1 4 |a The real Custer :  |b from boy general to tragic hero /  |c James S. Robbins. 
264 1 |a Washington, D.C. :  |b Regnery Publishing,  |c 2014. 
300 |a xvi, 494 pages :  |b illustrations ;  |c 24 cm 
336 |a text  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a unmediated  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a volume  |2 rdacarrier 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references. 
505 0 |a Part I. Beginnings -- "My voice is for war!" -- Custer the goat -- The brotherhood broken -- Part II. Custer goes to war -- "A slim, long-haired boy, carelessly dressed" -- "I promise that you shall hear of me" -- The boy general -- Part III. The boy general -- Gettysburg -- The "daring, terrible demon" of battle -- The Buckland races -- The Dahlgren Affair -- Little Phil -- Into the Valley -- "Let the sword decide the contest" -- Custer's counterinsurgency -- "Custer is a trump" -- "Fighting like a Viking" -- "Custer against the world" -- "Like the charge of a Sioux chieftain" -- Part IV. Fall from grace -- The "long-haired hero of the lash" -- The "swing around the circle" -- Court-martial -- Part V. Redemption -- Washita -- Custer on the plains -- The great buffalo hunt -- Battle on the Yellowstone -- Part VI. The final act -- Custer's Gulch -- Custer vs. Grant -- "Don't be greedy" -- A ridge too far -- "He will never fight anymore". 
600 1 0 |a Custer, George A.  |q (George Armstrong),  |d 1839-1876. 
650 0 |a Generals  |z United States  |v Biography. 
651 0 |a United States  |x History  |y Civil War, 1861-1865  |v Biography. 
651 0 |a United States  |x History  |y Civil War, 1861-1865  |x Campaigns. 
650 0 |a Indians of North America  |x Wars  |y 1866-1895. 
650 0 |a Indians of North America  |x Wars  |z Great Plains. 
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