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Custer, George A. (George Armstrong) 1839-1876 Custer, George Armstrong 1839-1876 Dakota Indians Wars, 1876 Generals United States Biography Indians of North America Wars Great Plains Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876 Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876 Fiction Sitting Bull 1831-1890 United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 United States. Army BiographyStiles, T. J.
Summary: A new biography of Gen. George Armstrong Custer that radically changes our view of the man and his turbulent times. Historian T. J. Stiles paints a portrait of Custer both deeply personal and sweeping in scope, proving how much of Custer's legacy has been ignored. He demolishes Custer's historical caricature, revealing a volatile, contradictory, intense person--capable yet insecure, intelligent...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CUSTER, GEORGE STIMichno, Gregory
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mountain Press Pub. 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.82 MICPhilbrick, Nathaniel.
Summary: Little Bighorn and Custer are names synonymous in the American imagination with unmatched bravery and spectacular defeat. Mythologized as Custer's Last Stand, the June 1876 battle was also, even in victory, the last stand for the Sioux and Cheyenne Indian nations. The author sketches in details about the two larger-than-life antagonists: Sitting Bull, and George Armstrong Custer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Pub. 2010
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 973.82 PHIMcMurtry, Larry.
Summary: "Pulitzer Prize Winner Larry McMurtry turns his attention to George A. Custer, a complex man who has captivated historians for over a century. From graduating last in his class at West Point to leading the ill-fated 7th cavalry in the attack at the Littel Bighorn, Custer forged a legacy-- still very much alive today-- as one of the West's most enduring hisstorical figures" -- from publisher's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2012
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Oklahoma Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.82 SKLFergus, Jim
Summary: "Strongheart is the final installment to the One Thousand White Women trilogy, a novel about fierce women who are full of heart and the power to survive. In 1873, a Cheyenne chief offers President Grant the opportunity to exchange one thousand horses for one thousand white women, in order to marry them with his warriors and create a lasting peace. These women, "recruited" by force in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Griffin 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FERTaniguchi, Jirō
Summary: "Two defeated samurai are exiled from Japan during the Boshin War of 1868 as the new Meiji government took hold. Ending up in Crow Territory in North America, they encounter Crazy Horse, chief of the Oglalas, and soon form a profound friendship and respect for each other's cultures. This respect was felt so deeply that the two Japanese travelers end up fighting alongside the Oglalas at the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fanfare/Ponent Mon 2019
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 SKYTaylor, William O.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.82 TAYBray, Kingsley M.
Summary: Crazy Horse was as much feared by tribal foes as he was honored by allies. His war record was unmatched, and his rout of Custer at the Little Bighorn reverberates through history. Yet so much about him is unknown or steeped in legend. This book corrects older, idealized accounts, and draws on a greater variety of sources than other recent biographies, to show the real Crazy Horse: not the brash...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Oklahoma 2006
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Summary: 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.82 CUSTER, GEORGE A MCMSummary: This is the story of General Custer from the time he enters West Point military academy, through the American Civil War, and finally to his death at Little Big Horn. The battle against Chief Crazy Horse is portrayed as a crooked deal between politicians and a corporation which wants the land Custer gave to the Indians.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment Co. 2005
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA THEBlake, Michael
Summary: In his New York Times bestselling novel Dances with Wolves, Michael Blake created an unforgettable saga of white and Native American cultures. Now in Marching to Valhalla, Blake unfolds the story of the final months of General George Armstrong Custer, a story that illuminates the epic sweep of his entire life--his career, his passions, his legacy to the American west. Here is Custer as we've...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC BLAPhilbrick, Nathaniel.
Summary: Philbrick carries readers back to the 1876 battle in Montana mythologized as "Custer's Last Stand." Focusing on the charismatic Sitting Bull and the recklessly brave George Armstrong Custer, Philbrick constructs a narrative of the battle that became the archetypal story of the West.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2010
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 973.8 PHIPhilbrick, Nathaniel.
Summary: The bestselling author of "Mayflower" sheds new light on one of the iconic stories of the American West, reminding readers that the Battle of the Little Bighorn was also, even in victory, the last stand for the Sioux and Cheyenne Indian nations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2010
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: 973.8 PHICopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.8 PHIMarshall, Joseph
Summary: A Lakota historian and storyteller offers a portrait of Crazy Horse, the era in which he lived, and his legacy, drawing on his own culture's oral tradition and firsthand research to capture diverse aspects of Crazy Horse's life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CRAZY HORSE MARCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: 978.004 CRAKoster, John P.
Summary: Was Frank Finkel a survivor of the Battle of the Little Bighorn? Koster presents evidence that he believes supports Finkel's claim to have been the Second Sergeant of C Company, and chronicles Finkel's escape, ordeals, and the subsequent years of his successful life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronology Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.82 FINKEL, FRANK KOSCrocker, H. W.
Summary: "What if George Armstrong Custer didn't die at the Battle of the Little Bighorn? What if "Custer's Last Stand" was actually just the beginning of a wild, gritty, Western adventure? In this vivid alternate history, George Armstrong Custer--the ruthless ex-Civil War general and cavalry commander--secretly survives the bloody Battle of the Little Bighorn and becomes a gun for hire in the West....
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Adult- Western, Call number: Western Crocker 2018Marcovitz, Hal.
Summary: The life of the Civil War general whose controversial fame rests chiefly on the disaster at the Little Big Horn in 1876.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea House Publishers 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CUSBoggs, Johnny D.
Summary: Boggs brings the events and personalities of Little Big Horn to life in a series of first-hand accounts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BOGSummary: Using journals, oral histories, and drawings, this program tells the story of the famous battle, including the perspectives of the Lakota Sioux, Cheyenne, and Crow.
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Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Video 2004
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Summary: An account of the legendary battle, told from a Lakota perspective, documents key Lakota oral traditions to reveal the nuanced complexities that led up to and followed the conflict.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.8 MARSlotkin, Richard
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum 1985