Inventing Custer - The Making of an American Legend

Informationen zum Autor Edward Caudill and Paul Ashdown are professors of journalism and electronic media at the University of Tennessee. They are co-authors of Sherman's March in Myth and Memory (2008) The Myth of Nathan Bedford Forrest (2005) and The Mosby Myth: A Confederate Hero in Life and Legend (2002). Klappentext Custer's Last Stand remains iconic in American history. Had Custer prevailed at the Little Bighorn, the victory may have been one among many, while in defeat, he became legend. In Inventing Custer, Caudill and Ashdown bridge the gap between the true Custer and the one immortalized into legend in our generally accepted reading of American history. Zusammenfassung Custer's Last Stand remains iconic in American history. Had Custer prevailed at the Little Bighorn! the victory may have been one among many! while in defeat! he became legend. In Inventing Custer! Caudill and Ashdown bridge the gap between the true Custer and the one immortalized into legend in our generally accepted reading of American history.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Ashdown, Paul G. Ashdown, Ashdown Paul, Edward Caudill, Edward Ashdown Caudill, Caudill Edward
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2015
• EAN: 9781442251861
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-5186-1
• No. of pages: 388
• Series: The American Crisis Series: Books on the Civil War Era; American Crisis Series: Books; The American Crisis Series: Books on the Civil War Era
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Biography: historical, political and military, Battle of Little Big Horn;Custer's Last Stand