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Author Donovan, Jim, 1954-

Title A terrible glory : Custer and the Little Bighorn-- the last great battle of the American West / James Donovan.

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2008.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1076935~S1
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Description xiii, 528 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [487]-511) and index.
Contents Prologue: a good day to die -- The divine injunction -- "The boy general of the golden lock" -- Patriots -- Outside the states -- Belknap's Anaconda -- "Submitt to Uncl Sam or kill the 7 hors" -- "The hide and seek for Sitting Bull" -- The fruits of insubordination -- The Seventh rides out -- The trail to the greasy grass -- On the jump -- The charge -- "The savior of the Seventh" -- Soldiers falling -- The hill -- "Death was all around us" -- The rescue -- "All the world has gone" -- The lost captain -- For the honor of the regiment -- Ghosts dancing.
Subject Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876.
Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876.
Indians of North America -- Government relations -- 1869-1934.
West (U.S.) -- History, Military -- 19th century.
United States -- Military policy.
ISBN 9780316155786
0316155780
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