Custer
McMurtry, Larry
Custer / Larry McMurtry - New York : Simon / Schuster Paperbacks , 2012 - 178 p. : illus. ; 28 cm
Includes bibliographical references
In this lavishly illustrated volume, Larry McMurtry, the greatest chronicler of the American West, tackles for the first time one of the paramount figures of Western and American history -- George Armstrong Custer. McMurtry also argues that Custer's last stand at the Little Bighorn should be seen as a monumental event in our nation's history. Like all great battles, its true meaning can be found in its impact on our politics and policy, and the epic defeat clearly signaled the end of the Indian Wars -- and brought to a close the great narrative of western expansion.
9781451626216
2012012374
Custer, George Armstrong , 1830-1876
United States . Army ----Biography
Generals---United States----Biography
Little Bighorn, Battle of, Mont.----1876
Indians of North America---Wars
United States----Great Plains
United States---History---Civil war, 1861-1865
E467.1.C99 / M4 2012
973.8 MCM
Custer / Larry McMurtry - New York : Simon / Schuster Paperbacks , 2012 - 178 p. : illus. ; 28 cm
Includes bibliographical references
In this lavishly illustrated volume, Larry McMurtry, the greatest chronicler of the American West, tackles for the first time one of the paramount figures of Western and American history -- George Armstrong Custer. McMurtry also argues that Custer's last stand at the Little Bighorn should be seen as a monumental event in our nation's history. Like all great battles, its true meaning can be found in its impact on our politics and policy, and the epic defeat clearly signaled the end of the Indian Wars -- and brought to a close the great narrative of western expansion.
9781451626216
2012012374
Custer, George Armstrong , 1830-1876
United States . Army ----Biography
Generals---United States----Biography
Little Bighorn, Battle of, Mont.----1876
Indians of North America---Wars
United States----Great Plains
United States---History---Civil war, 1861-1865
E467.1.C99 / M4 2012
973.8 MCM
info@labibliotecapublica.org | 