Custerology - The Enduring Legacy of the Indian Wars and George Armstrong Custer

Informationen zum Autor Michael A. Elliott is associate professor of English at Emory University. He is the author of The Culture Concept: Writing and Difference in the Age of Realism and coeditor of American Literary Studies: A Methodological Reader . Klappentext On a hot summer day in 1876, George Armstrong Custer led the Seventh Cavalry to the most famous defeat in U.S. military history. In this in-depth study, the author tackles the far more complicated question of why the battle of Little Bighorn retains such power for Americans today. Zusammenfassung On a hot summer day in 1876! George Armstrong Custer led the Seventh Cavalry to the famous defeat in US military history. Outnumbered and exhausted! the Seventh Cavalry lost more than half of its four hundred men! and every soldier under Custer's direct command was killed. This title takes readers to each of the important places of Custer's life.

Product details

• Authors: Michael A Elliott, Michael A. Elliott, Michael A. (Emory University) Elliott, Elliott Michael A.
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2008
• EAN: 9780226201474
• ISBN: 978-0-226-20147-4
• No. of pages: 344
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 222 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Military / United States, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Indigenous Peoples, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Battles & campaigns, Relating to Native American people, Battles and campaigns, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Native American Studies, HISTORY / Indigenous / General