| Custer Survivor: The End of a Myth, the Beginning of a Legend Contributor(s): Koster, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 193390903X ISBN-13: 9781933909035 Publisher: Chronology Books OUR PRICE: $16.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Military - History | Military - United States - History | United States - 19th Century |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2009936668 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.80 lbs) 220 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Montana - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: It has been recorded in official government records that there were no survivors of the five companies of the Seventh Cavalry who were with General George Armstrong Custer at the battle at the Little Big Horn. Recently, uncovered records and forensic handwriting evidence, the latter verified by forensic handwriting experts, reveal that one trooper, a sergeant in "C" Company of the Seventh Cavalry, actually escaped the onslaught of Sioux and Cheyenne. The author has tracked the man and his activity during the battle and has brought them together in Custer Survivor.Custer Survivor, through documented accounts recreates the scene from the Sioux and Cheyenne encampment the night before the battle through the action the following day, the remarkable "escape" of the wounded survivor, the aftermath of the battle and his fascinating life thereafter. Professor Louise Barnett, a fellow of the Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis, Rutgers University, writes the Introduction. |