My Life on the Plains

A personal narrative of the most famous cavalry leader America ever produced. A vivid picture of the American West, the rigors of life for the settlers, and the horrors of Indian warfare.

About the author

GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTER (1839-1876), a United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the American Indian Wars, was possibly the most notorious Indian fighter the army had known. Already famous during his life, he died leading his troops to annihilation in the Battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876.

Product details

• Authors: George Armstrong Custer
• Assisted by: Milo Milton Quaife (Editor)
• Publisher: Citadel Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2008
• EAN: 9780806514390
• ISBN: 978-0-8065-1439-0
• No. of pages: 672
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical