| Custer's Last Stand: The Anatomy of an American Myth Contributor(s): Dippie, Brian W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0803265921 ISBN-13: 9780803265929 Publisher: Bison Books OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1994 Annotation: Defeat and death at the Little Bighorn gave General George Custer and his Seventh Cavalry a kind of immortality. In "Custer's Last Stand," Brian W. Dippie investigates the body of legend surrounding that battle on a bloody Sunday in 1876. His survey of the event in poems, novels, paintings, movies, jokes, and other ephemera amounts to a unique reflection on the national character. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 19th Century |
| Dewey: 973.82 |
| LCCN: 94026020 |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 5.94" W x 9.14" (0.85 lbs) 226 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Pacific Northwest - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Geographic Orientation - Montana - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Defeat and death at the Little Bighorn gave General George Custer and his Seventh Cavalry a kind of immortality. In Custer's Last Stand, Brian W. Dippie investigates the body of legend surrounding that battle on a bloody Sunday in 1876. His survey of the event in poems, novels, paintings, movies, jokes, and other ephemera amounts to a unique reflection on the national character. |