Our centennial Indian War and the life of General Custer

"Published even before the Great Sioux War had ended [this book] was the first contemporary and comprehensive account of the successive army operations in 1876 and early 1877 ... Victor drew information from a wide range of sources -- including personal letters, war correspondents' dispatches, and government documents -- to explain and contextualize elements of the lengthy, disjointed struggle between the army and the Lakota-Cheyenne coalition. Beyond her treatment of the war's campaigns and battles, Victor offered one of the earliest biographical assessments of Custer"--Jacket.

Year

2011

Language

English

Series

Western frontier library -- v. 68

Publisher

University of Oklahoma Press

Editions

1

Pages

195

ISBN

9780806141732

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