The Custer Myth: A Source Book of Custeriana
“I have collected here, and offer in this volume, a great many bits of now scarce source material, from which you, the reader, may construct a mosaic of your own, appraising the value and proper placement of each item, should you wish to write a story of Custer’s Last Fight. It will probably be a better one than many heretofore written.” From the Custer Myth
There has always been controversy swirling around the situation of Little Big Horn. What exactly did happen on the afternoon of June 25, 1876? This book is written in four parts. Part I consists of the Indian accounts as t9 what they saw and remembered and what has been passed down through the generations. Parts II & III are based on letters written of the events before any controversy began. Part IV is a series of articles by Fred Dustin and his thorough bibliography.
Firsthand sources in The Custer Myth include:
Narratives of the Sioux, Cheyenne, Arikara, and Crow
Philo Clark’s 1877 battlefield survey
Statements and letters by scouts and other nonmilitary participants
The Benteen-Goldin letters
“Custer’s’ Last Battle,” the 1892 Century Magazine article by General Edward S. Godfrey
General Winfield Scott Edgerly’s 1881 statement about the battle
Military and literary records of Theodore W. Goldin
“I have collected here, and offer in this volume, a great many bits of now scarce source material, from which you, the reader, may construct a mosaic of your own, appraising the value and proper placement of each item, should you wish to write a story of Custer’s Last Fight. It will probably be a better one than many heretofore written.” From the Custer Myth
There has always been controversy swirling around the situation of Little Big Horn. What exactly did happen on the afternoon of June 25, 1876? This book is written in four parts. Part I consists of the Indian accounts as t9 what they saw and remembered and what has been passed down through the generations. Parts II & III are based on letters written of the events before any controversy began. Part IV is a series of articles by Fred Dustin and his thorough bibliography.
Firsthand sources in The Custer Myth include:
Narratives of the Sioux, Cheyenne, Arikara, and Crow
Philo Clark’s 1877 battlefield survey
Statements and letters by scouts and other nonmilitary participants
The Benteen-Goldin letters
“Custer’s’ Last Battle,” the 1892 Century Magazine article by General Edward S. Godfrey
General Winfield Scott Edgerly’s 1881 statement about the battle
Military and literary records of Theodore W. Goldin
“I have collected here, and offer in this volume, a great many bits of now scarce source material, from which you, the reader, may construct a mosaic of your own, appraising the value and proper placement of each item, should you wish to write a story of Custer’s Last Fight. It will probably be a better one than many heretofore written.” From the Custer Myth
There has always been controversy swirling around the situation of Little Big Horn. What exactly did happen on the afternoon of June 25, 1876? This book is written in four parts. Part I consists of the Indian accounts as t9 what they saw and remembered and what has been passed down through the generations. Parts II & III are based on letters written of the events before any controversy began. Part IV is a series of articles by Fred Dustin and his thorough bibliography.
Firsthand sources in The Custer Myth include:
Narratives of the Sioux, Cheyenne, Arikara, and Crow
Philo Clark’s 1877 battlefield survey
Statements and letters by scouts and other nonmilitary participants
The Benteen-Goldin letters
“Custer’s’ Last Battle,” the 1892 Century Magazine article by General Edward S. Godfrey
General Winfield Scott Edgerly’s 1881 statement about the battle
Military and literary records of Theodore W. Goldin
Publication Date: December 15, 2017
ISBN-10 : 0811727262
ISBN-13 : 978-0811727266
Author: Colonel W. A. Graham
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Pages: 442
