The Custer Reader

HUTTON, Paul Andrew (editor)

ISBN 10: 080322351X / ISBN 13: 9780803223516

Published by University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, 1992

About this Item

First edition (so indicated by lack of later printings.) A collection of ". . .classic writings about and by [George Armstrong Custer]. . .as seen by himself, his contemporaries and leading scholars." With a number of black & white photos and four maps. --- In full blue cloth-covered boards, with spine titling in silver. Volume wrapped in dust jacket with colorized image of Custer to front and back panels. --- An excellent copy with prior owner's signature to half title, else lacking damages worthy of mention. Unclipped jacket ($40) also in great shape & wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; xiv, 585 pages.

Seller Inventory # 87395

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Custer Reader
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 080322351X
• ISBN 13: 9780803223516
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+
• Seller catalogs:
  • >>History of Colorado & the Old West
  • >>Military and Military Leaders

About this title

Synopsis

A comprehensive introduction to General Custer combines first-person narratives, scholarly articles, photographic essays, and original contributions in four sections that cover "The Civil War," "The Indian Wars," "Little Big Horn," and "The Custer Myth."

About the Author

Paul Andrew Hutton, the editor, is an associate professor of history at the University of New Mexico. His books include the prize-winning Phil Sheridan and His Army (Nebraska, 1985).