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Custer

2012
A portrait of the nineteenth-century cavalry commander traces his rise from an unpromising West Point graduate to a distinguished military leader, covering his complicated marriage, mythologized defeat at Little Big Horn, and enduring legacy.

Crazy Horse in stillness

poems
1996
Collection of more than 400 poems exploring the collision between European and Native American culture, especially in the lives of General Armstrong Custer and Sioux warrior-mystic Crazy Horse.

Custer's luck

1955
Chronicles the Battle of the Little Big Horn and the factors influencing it, including the unrest in the Plains tribes, Custer's animosity with other military leaders, the U.S. government's policies concerning Native Americans, and other related topics.

Little Bighorn

1997
Chronicles the Indian Wars with a focus on the Battle of Little Bighorn and the career of George Armstrong Custer.

Soldier boy

1997
A boy who grew up in the slums of late nineteenth-century Chicago runs away, joins the cavalry, and fights with General Custer in the battle of Little Big Horn.

The Battle of the Little Bighorn

1997
The story of the worst defeat ever suffered by the United States Army at the hands of the American Indians near the Little Bighorn River in Montana on June 25, 1876.

Custer's last stand

opposing viewpoints
1990
Investigates what actually happened at the Battle of the Little Big Horn and why it happened.

George Armstrong Custer

Civil War General and western legend
2000
Traces the life of the legendary Civil War general who began his career as a West Point cadet and after becoming a legend in the west was perhaps best-known for his "last stand.".

Custer's last stand

2007
Profiles the history and legacy of George Armstrong Custer and his famous last battle at the Little Bighorn River in 1876.

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