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| custer's last stand summary: Keep the Last Bullet for Yourself Thomas Bailey Marquis, 1985 About the Crow: the introduction for this edition was written by Joseph Medicine Crow, who knew the author personally. The Crow scouts with Custer all witnessed the whiskey drinking the troops indulged in before the fight. Medicine Crow offers his own views for the Custer defeat. Marquis recites a story of a Crow chief who counted many coups by using his cleverness rather than bravery (p.60). Describes a few incidents among the Crow where the prisoners from an enemy tribe were treated well before being sent on their way. |
| custer's last stand summary: Custer's Last Stand Brian W. Dippie, 1994-01-01 Defeat and death at the Little Bighorn gave General George Custer and his Seventh Cavalry a kind of immortality. In Custer's Last Stand, Brian W. Dippie investigates the body of legend surrounding that battle on a bloody Sunday in 1876. His survey of the event in poems, novels, paintings, movies, jokes, and other ephemera amounts to a unique reflection on the national character. |
| custer's last stand summary: Custer Battlefield Robert M. Utley, 1988 Tells the story of Custer's last stand against the Indians in the Sioux War of 1876. Includes maps and photos. Also recounts the history of how that battlefield became a national monument and its importance to Americans today and in the past. |
| custer's last stand summary: Empire of the Summer Moon S. C. Gwynne, 2010-05-25 *Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award* *A New York Times Notable Book* *Winner of the Texas Book Award and the Oklahoma Book Award* This New York Times bestseller and stunning historical account of the forty-year battle between Comanche Indians and white settlers for control of the American West “is nothing short of a revelation…will leave dust and blood on your jeans” (The New York Times Book Review). Empire of the Summer Moon spans two astonishing stories. The first traces the rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful Indian tribe in American history. The second entails one of the most remarkable narratives ever to come out of the Old West: the epic saga of the pioneer woman Cynthia Ann Parker and her mixed-blood son Quanah, who became the last and greatest chief of the Comanches. Although readers may be more familiar with the tribal names Apache and Sioux, it was in fact the legendary fighting ability of the Comanches that determined when the American West opened up. Comanche boys became adept bareback riders by age six; full Comanche braves were considered the best horsemen who ever rode. They were so masterful at war and so skillful with their arrows and lances that they stopped the northern drive of colonial Spain from Mexico and halted the French expansion westward from Louisiana. White settlers arriving in Texas from the eastern United States were surprised to find the frontier being rolled backward by Comanches incensed by the invasion of their tribal lands. The war with the Comanches lasted four decades, in effect holding up the development of the new American nation. Gwynne’s exhilarating account delivers a sweeping narrative that encompasses Spanish colonialism, the Civil War, the destruction of the buffalo herds, and the arrival of the railroads, and the amazing story of Cynthia Ann Parker and her son Quanah—a historical feast for anyone interested in how the United States came into being. Hailed by critics, S. C. Gwynne’s account of these events is meticulously researched, intellectually provocative, and, above all, thrillingly told. Empire of the Summer Moon announces him as a major new writer of American history. |
| custer's last stand summary: Summary of Nathaniel Philbrick's The Last Stand Everest Media,, 2022-03-27T22:59:00Z Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The Missouri River was the longest river in the United States, and it was navigable by steamboats. The most difficult challenge for these boats was navigating the river in the summer and fall, when the water level dropped. #2 The Missouri riverboat was an invasive species of empire. It was the tangle of ropes and wooden poles on the bow that distinguished the Missouri riverboat from her less adaptable counterparts on the Mississippi. #3 Custer was called to testify about corruption within the War Department of Grant’s Republican administration. He eagerly implicated Grant’s secretary of war, William Belknap, and President Grant’s brother Orville. #4 On May 10, 1876, President Ulysses S. Grant opened the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The ceremony did not go well. There were more than 186,000 people at the exhibition that day. The fairgrounds, surrounded by three miles of fence, contained two hundred buildings, including the two largest structures in the world. |
| custer's last stand summary: Custer's Last Campaign John S. Gray, 1993-01-01 'Easily the most significant book yet published on the Battle of the Little Bighorn.--Paul L. Hedren, Western Historical Quarterly [Gray] has applied rigorous analysis as no previous historian has done to these oft-analyzed events. His detailed time-motion study of the movements of the various participants frankly boggles the mind of this reviewer. No one will be able to write of this battle again without reckoning with Gray--Thomas W. Dunlay, Journal of American History Gray challenges many time~honored beliefs about the battle. Perhaps most significantly, he brings in as much as possible the testimony of the Indian witnesses, especially that of the young scout Curley, which generations of historians have dismissed for contradictions that Gray convincingly demonstrates were caused not by Curley but by the assumptions made by his questioners . . . The contrasts in [this] book. . . restate the basic components of what still attracts the imagination to the Little Bighorn.--Los Angeles Times Book Review Gray's analysis, by and large, is impressively drawn; it is an immensely logical reconstruction that should stand the test of time. As a contribution to Custer and Indian wars literature, it is indeed masterful.--Jerome A. Greene, New Mexico Historical Review John S. Gray was a distinguished historian whose books included the acclaimed Centennial Campaign: The Sioux War of 1876. Custer's Last Campaign is the winner of the Western Writers of American Spur award and the Little Bighorn Associates John M. Carroll Literary Award. |
| custer's last stand summary: Digging Into Custer's Last Stand Sandy Barnard, 1998 This updated work of National Park Service archeologists at Little Bighorn Battlefield and scientific inquiries at two other Custer sites. Now we are proud to announce the release of the third edition of Digging into Custer's Last Stand. It includes a new chapter detailing the history and construction of the new Indian Memorial at Little Bighorn as well as the horse cemetery marker. Earlier sections of the book have been re-edited in places and new photos have been added. This book continues to offer a well-written, non-technical summary of all the battlefield digs since the early 1980s that have impacted how historians and buffs interpret action at Little Bighorn. |
| custer's last stand summary: Killing Custer James Welch, Paul Stekler, 2007-01-30 The classic account of Custer\'s Last Stand that shattered themyth of the Little Bighorn and rewrote history books. This historic and personal work tells the Native American sideof Custer\'s fabled attack, poignantly revealing how disastrous theencounter was for the victors, the last great gathering of PlainsIndians under the leadership of Sitting Bull. |
| custer's last stand summary: Custer's Fall David Miller, 1992-05 In 1935, David Miller began to gather the stories of 72 elderly Native American participants in the Battle of the Little Bighorn. This work is the result of his exhaustive, 22-year research--a superb oral history told from the perspective of the the warriors who won the battle, but lost the war. |
| custer's last stand summary: Son of the Morning Star Evan S. Connell, 2011-04-01 Son of the Morning Star is the nonfiction account of General Custer from the great American novelist Evan S. Connell. Custer's Last Stand is among the most enduring events in American history--more than one hundred years after the fact, books continue to be written and people continue to argue about even the most basic details surrounding the Little Bighorn. Evan S. Connell, whom Joyce Carol Oates has described as one of our most interesting and intelligent American writers, wrote what continues to be the most reliable--and compulsively readable--account of the subject. Connell makes good use of his meticulous research and novelist's eye for the story and detail to re-create the heroism, foolishness, and savagery of this crucial chapter in the history of the West. |
| custer's last stand summary: Archaeology, History, and Custer's Last Battle Richard A. Fox, 2015-02-16 On the afternoon of June 25, 1867, an overwhelming force of Sioux and Cheyenne Indians quickly mounted a savage onslaught against General George Armstrong Custer’s battalion, driving the doomed troopers of the U.S. Seventh Cavalry to a small hill overlooking the Little Bighorn River, where Custer and his men bravely erected their heroic last stand. So goes the myth of the Battle of the Little Bighorn, a myth perpetuated and reinforced for over 100 years. In truth, however, Custer’s Last Stand was neither the last of the fighting nor a stand. Using innovative and standard archaeological techniques, combined with historical documents and Indian eyewitness accounts, Richard Allan Fox, Jr. vividly replays this battle in astonishing detail. Through bullets, spent cartridges, and other material data, Fox identifies combat positions and tracks soldiers and Indians across the Battlefield. Guided by the history beneath our feet, and listening to the previously ignored Indian testimonies, Fox reveals scenes of panic and collapse and, ultimately, a story of the Custer battle quite different from the fatalistic versions of history. According to the author, the five companies of the Seventh Cavalry entered the fray in good order, following planned strategies and displaying tactical stability. It was the sudden disintegration of this cohesion that caused the troopers’ defeat. The end came quickly, unexpectedly, and largely amid terror and disarray. Archaeological evidences show that there was no determined fighting and little firearm resistance. The last soldiers to be killed had rushed from Custer Hill. |
| custer's last stand summary: Drawing Battle Lines Michael Neal Donahue, 2008 The book is intended to create a historically accurate and visual study guide. It is much more than just a book of maps. These literal battle lines in map form were drawn by those who had direct and indirect knowledge of this tragic episode in our nation's history. |
| custer's last stand summary: The Day the World Ended at Little Bighorn Joseph Marshall, 2007 An account of the legendary battle, told from a Lakota perspective, documents key Lakota oral traditions to reveal the nuanced complexities that led up to and followed the conflict. |
| custer's last stand summary: Where Custer Fell James S. Brust, Brian C. Pohanka, Sandy Barnard, 2007-03-01 Historical and contemporary photographs accompany a narrative reflection on Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer's Last Stand at the Battle of Little Bighorn, which includes personal accounts of battle veterans. |
| custer's last stand summary: Crazy Horse and Custer Stephen E. Ambrose, 2014-07-01 A New York Times bestseller from the author of Band of Brothers: The biography of two fighters forever linked by history and the battle at Little Bighorn. On the sparkling morning of June 25, 1876, 611 men of the United States 7th Cavalry rode toward the banks of Little Bighorn in the Montana Territory, where three thousand Indians stood waiting for battle. The lives of two great warriors would soon be forever linked throughout history: Crazy Horse, leader of the Oglala Sioux, and General George Armstrong Custer. Both were men of aggression and supreme courage. Both became leaders in their societies at very early ages. Both were stripped of power, in disgrace, and worked to earn back the respect of their people. And to both of them, the unspoiled grandeur of the Great Plains of North America was an irresistible challenge. Their parallel lives would pave the way, in a manner unknown to either, for an inevitable clash between two nations fighting for possession of the open prairie. |
| custer's last stand summary: The Little Bighorn Campaign Wayne Michael Sarf, 1999-12-21 March-September 1876 |
| custer's last stand summary: Last Stand Bryan Perrett, 2012-10-11 What do soldiers do when all is lost? They keep fighting! In this best-selling anthology, Bryan Perrett provides gripping accounts of close-quarter battles and hard fought victory against all the odds. His journey from Napoleonic Europe through to the Korean War highlights thirteen episodes of incredible bravery and sacrifice in unbelievable actions. The book begins with the gallant fight of Napoleon's Old Guard at Waterloo. It examines the famous actions at the Alamo; against the Zulus at Rorke's Drift; and 'the Bridge Too Far' at Arnhem. The adventure concludes with the desperate last stand of the Gloucesters at Imjin during the Korean War. Last Stand! is the breathtaking story of ultimate sacrifice and glorious victory. |
| custer's last stand summary: The Lost Queen Signe Pike, 2019-06-04 “Outlander meets Camelot” (Kirsty Logan, author of The Gracekeepers) in the first book of an exciting historical series that reveals the untold story of Languoreth—a powerful and, until now, tragically forgotten queen of 6th-century Scotland—twin sister of the man who inspired the legendary character of Merlin. Intelligent, passionate, rebellious, and brave, Languoreth is the unforgettable heroine of The Lost Queen, a tale of conflicted loves and survival set against the cinematic backdrop of ancient Scotland, a magical land of myths and superstition inspired by the beauty of the natural world. One of the most powerful early medieval queens in British history, Languoreth ruled at a time of enormous disruption and bloodshed, when the burgeoning forces of Christianity threatened to obliterate the ancient pagan beliefs and change her way of life forever. Together with her twin brother Lailoken, a warrior and druid known to history as Merlin, Languoreth is catapulted into a world of danger and violence. When a war brings the hero Emrys Pendragon, to their door, Languoreth collides with the handsome warrior Maelgwn. Their passionate connection is forged by enchantment, but Languoreth is promised in marriage to Rhydderch, son of the High King who is sympathetic to the followers of Christianity. As Rhydderch's wife, Languoreth must assume her duty to fight for the preservation of the Old Way, her kingdom, and all she holds dear. “Moving, thrilling, and ultimately spellbinding” (BookPage), The Lost Queen brings this remarkable woman to life—rescuing her from obscurity, and reaffirming her place at the center of the most enduring legends of all time. “Moving, thrilling, and ultimately spellbinding, The Lost Queen is perfect for readers of historical fiction like The Clan of the Cave Bear and Wolf Hall, and for lovers of fantasy like Outlander and The Mists of Avalon” (BookPage). |
| custer's last stand summary: The Last Painting of Sara de Vos Dominic Smith, 2016-04-05 “Written in prose so clear that we absorb its images as if by mind meld, “The Last Painting” is gorgeous storytelling: wry, playful, and utterly alive, with an almost tactile awareness of the emotional contours of the human heart. Vividly detailed, acutely sensitive to stratifications of gender and class, it’s fiction that keeps you up at night — first because you’re barreling through the book, then because you’ve slowed your pace to a crawl, savoring the suspense.” —Boston Globe A New York Times Bestseller A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice A RARE SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY PAINTING LINKS THREE LIVES, ON THREE CONTINENTS, OVER THREE CENTURIES IN THE LAST PAINTING OF SARA DE VOS, AN EXHILARATING NEW NOVEL FROM DOMINIC SMITH. Amsterdam, 1631: Sara de Vos becomes the first woman to be admitted as a master painter to the city’s Guild of St. Luke. Though women do not paint landscapes (they are generally restricted to indoor subjects), a wintry outdoor scene haunts Sara: She cannot shake the image of a young girl from a nearby village, standing alone beside a silver birch at dusk, staring out at a group of skaters on the frozen river below. Defying the expectations of her time, she decides to paint it. New York City, 1957: The only known surviving work of Sara de Vos, At the Edge of a Wood, hangs in the bedroom of a wealthy Manhattan lawyer, Marty de Groot, a descendant of the original owner. It is a beautiful but comfortless landscape. The lawyer’s marriage is prominent but comfortless, too. When a struggling art history grad student, Ellie Shipley, agrees to forge the painting for a dubious art dealer, she finds herself entangled with its owner in ways no one could predict. Sydney, 2000: Now a celebrated art historian and curator, Ellie Shipley is mounting an exhibition in her field of specialization: female painters of the Dutch Golden Age. When it becomes apparent that both the original At the Edge of a Wood and her forgery are en route to her museum, the life she has carefully constructed threatens to unravel entirely and irrevocably. |
| custer's last stand summary: It Is a Good Day to Die Herman J. Viola, Jan Shelton Danis, 2022-01-13 I am an old man, and soon my spirit must leave this earth to join the spirit of my fathers. Therefore, I shall speak only the truth in telling what I know of the fight on the Little Bighorn River where General Custer was killed. Curly, who was with us, will tell you that I do not lie. So spoke White Man Runs Him, a Crow Indian who with five other Crow warriors had served as a scout for Custer's Seventh Cavalry on June 25, 1876, the day of the battle known to generations of white Americans as Custer's Last Stand. They survived the battle, but Custer and more than 250 troopers did not. Thus their accounts and those of the Lakotas and Cheyennes who triumphed at Little Bighorn (or Greasy Grass, as it was known to the Lakotas) offer the only firsthand picture of what happened that fateful day. These stories--from leaders as renowned as Black Elk and Sitting Bull, warriors such as Wooden Leg, a Cheyenne woman, and Arikara and Crow scouts--at last bring one of the most unforgettable showdowns in American history to vivid, complex, multifaceted life. |
| custer's last stand summary: City of Saints & Thieves Natalie C. Anderson, 2017-01-24 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo meets Gone Girl in this enthralling murder mystery set in Kenya. In the shadows of Sangui City, there lives a girl who doesn't exist. After fleeing the Congo as refugees, Tina and her mother arrived in Kenya looking for the chance to build a new life and home. Her mother quickly found work as a maid for a prominent family, headed by Roland Greyhill, one of the city’s most respected business leaders. But Tina soon learns that the Greyhill fortune was made from a life of corruption and crime. So when her mother is found shot to death in Mr. Greyhill's personal study, she knows exactly who’s behind it. With revenge always on her mind, Tina spends the next four years surviving on the streets alone, working as a master thief for the Goondas, Sangui City’s local gang. It’s a job for the Goondas that finally brings Tina back to the Greyhill estate, giving her the chance for vengeance she’s been waiting for. But as soon as she steps inside the lavish home, she’s overtaken by the pain of old wounds and the pull of past friendships, setting into motion a dangerous cascade of events that could, at any moment, cost Tina her life. But finally uncovering the incredible truth about who killed her mother—and why—keeps her holding on in this fast-paced nail-biting thriller. |
| custer's last stand summary: Warpath Stanley Vestal, 1984 Nephew of Sitting Bull, chief of the Sioux, Pte San Hunka (White Bull) was a famous warrior in his own right. ... On the afternoon of June 25, 1876, five troops of the U.S. Seventh Cavalry under the command of George Armstrong Custer rode into the valley of Little Big Horn River, confidently expecting to rout the Indian encampments there. Instea, the cavalry met the gathered strength of Sioux and Cheyenne warriors, who did not run as expected but turned the battle toward the soldiers. White Bull charged again and again, fighting until the last soldier was dead. The battle was Custer's Last Stand, and White Bull was later referred to as the warrior who killed Custer. In 1932 White Bull related his life story to Stanley Vestal, who corroborated the details from other sources and prepared this biography.-- |
| custer's last stand summary: A Century of Dishonor: A Sketch of the United States Government's Dealings with Some of the Indian tribes Helen Hunt Jackson, 2024-02-26 Reprint of the original, first published in 1881. |
| custer's last stand summary: The Long, Bitter Trail Anthony Wallace, 2011-04-01 An account of Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal Act of 1830, which relocated Eastern Indians to the Okalahoma Territory over the Trail of Tears, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs which was given control over their lives. |
| custer's last stand summary: Summary of Thomas King's The Inconvenient Indian Everest Media,, 2022-06-10T22:59:00Z Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 I had to change the title of my book to The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious History of Native People in North America. While not subscribing to Pound’s political beliefs, I do agree with him that We do not know the past in chronological sequence. #2 The Inconvenient Indian is a history of Indian people in North America, but it is written from a narrative perspective. I have not tried to keep biases under control, and I have not kept personal anecdotes in check. #3 The term Indian is neutral in this book, and refers to a general group of people as diverse and indefinable as Indians. The term First Nations is the current term of choice in Canada, while Native Americans is the fashionable preference in the United States. #4 The author spent time on both Canada and the United States, discussing the past and present relations between the two countries. While the line that divides the two countries is a political reality, for most Aboriginal people, it doesn’t exist. |
| custer's last stand summary: Summary & Analysis of Killing Crazy Horse SNAP Summaries, PLEASE NOTE: This is a summary and analysis of the book and not the original book. SNAP Summaries is wholly responsible for this content and is not associated with the original author in any way. If you are the author, publisher, or representative of the original work, please contact info[at]snapsummaries[dot]com with any questions or concerns. If you'd like to purchase the original book, please paste this link in your browser: https://amzn.to/3oZbWCP A contentious retelling of an old, old story, Killing Crazy Horse is the good, the bad, and the ugly of the Native American subjugation at the hands of the young United States of America. The sun, rivers, and mountains bear witness to the carnage that preceded fulfilled ambitions, and the cries of thousands still echo as the train of capitalism finally arrives at the shining sea. What does this SNAP Summary Include? - Synopsis of the original book - Key takeaways from each chapter - How Crazy Horse and other Indian chiefs held out against incursions by white settlers - How Native tribes were decieved and finally overwhelmed into submission - Editorial Review - Background on Bill O'Reilly About the Original Book: If you thought you knew what Cowboys and Indians represented from your childhood tomfoolery, it was likely a mirage. Read it again, and think on the dilemma that faced the native population pushing against uninvited Westward expansion in the 1800s. Muddy lines affix conquering heroes to violence and mayhem, and the grit of the frontier threatens the very foundations on which your ideals depended. From sea to shining sea, the earth ran red, and a new terror made its way ever forward into the abyss of power. DISCLAIMER: This book is intended as a companion to, not a replacement for, Limitless. SNAP Summaries is wholly responsible for this content and is not associated with the original author in any way. If you are the author, publisher, or representative of the original work, please contact info[at]snapsummaries.com with any questions or concerns. Please follow this link: https://amzn.to/3oZbWCP to purchase a copy of the original book. |
| custer's last stand summary: Healer of the Water Monster Brian Lee Young, 2022-05-03 Brian Young's powerful debut novel tells of a seemingly ordinary Navajo boy who must save the life of a Water Monster--and comes to realize he's a hero at heart. |
| custer's last stand summary: Archaeological Perspectives on the Battle of the Little Bighorn Richard A. Fox, Melissa A. Connor, Dick Harmon, 2000-09-01 Based on the archaeological evidence presented in this book, we know more about the weapons used against the Custer and the Cavalry, where many of the men fought, how they died, what happened to their bodies, how the troopers were deployed, and what kind of clothing they wore. |
| custer's last stand summary: Custer Larry McMurtry, 2013-10-22 In this lavishly illustrated volume, Larry McMurtry, the greatest chronicler of the American West, tackles for the first time one of the paramount figures of Western and American history--George Armstrong Custer. McMurtry also argues that Custer's last stand at the Little Bighorn should be seen as a monumental event in our nation's history. Like all great battles, its true meaning can be found in its impact on our politics and policy, and the epic defeat clearly signaled the end of the Indian Wars--and brought to a close the great narrative of western expansion. |
| custer's last stand summary: His Very Silence Speaks Elizabeth Atwood Lawrence, 1989 The mount of Captain Miles W. Keogh, Comanche was the legendary sole survivor of Custer's Last Stand. As such, the horse makes an electric connection between history and memory. In exploring the deeper meaning of the Comanche saga, His Very Silence Speaks addresses larger issues such as the human relationship to animals and nature, cross-cultural differences in the ways animals are perceived, and the symbolic use of living and legendary animals in human cognition and communication. More than an account of the celebrated horse's life and legend existence, this penetrating volume provides insights into the life of the cavalry horse and explores the relationship between cavalrymen and their mounts. Lawrence illuminates Comanche's significance through the many symbolic roles he has assumed at different times and for various groups of people, and reveals much about the ways in which symbols operate in human thought and the manner in which legends develop. |
| custer's last stand summary: 38 Nooses Scott W. Berg, 2013-09-10 A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year In August 1862, after suffering decades of hardship, broken treaties, and relentless encroachment on their land, the Dakota leader Little Crow reluctantly agreed that his people must go to war. After six weeks of fighting, the uprising was smashed, thousands of Indians were taken prisoner by the US army, and 303 Dakotas were sentenced to death. President Lincoln, embroiled in the most devastating period of the Civil War, personally intervened to save the lives of 265 of the condemned men, but in the end, 38 Dakota men would be hanged in the largest government-sanctioned execution in U.S. history. Writing with uncommon immediacy and insight, Scott W. Berg details these events within the larger context of the Civil War, the history of the Dakota people and the subsequent United States–Indian wars, and brings to life this overlooked but seminal moment in American history. |
| custer's last stand summary: Summary of James Donovan's A Terrible Glory , 2024-03-25 Get the Summary of James Donovan's A Terrible Glory in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. A Terrible Glory by James Donovan recounts the events leading up to and including the Battle of the Little Bighorn, also known as Custer's Last Stand. The book delves into the complex interactions between the United States military and the Plains Indians, particularly the Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne, as the U.S. expanded westward. It details the policies and treaties that pushed Native Americans onto reservations, the cultural clashes, and the military campaigns that ensued... |
| custer's last stand summary: Custer's Trials T.J. Stiles, 2016-10-25 Winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for History In this magisterial biography, T. J. Stiles paints a portrait of Custer both deeply personal and sweeping in scope, proving how much of Custer’s legacy has been ignored. He demolishes Custer’s historical caricature, revealing a capable yet insecure man, intelligent yet bigoted, passionate yet self-destructive, a romantic individualist at odds with the institution of the military (court-martialed twice in six years) and the new corporate economy, a wartime emancipator who rejected racial equality. Stiles argues that, although Custer was justly noted for his exploits on the western frontier, he also played a central role as both a wide-ranging participant and polarizing public figure in his extraordinary, transformational time—a time of civil war, emancipation, brutality toward Native Americans, and, finally, the Industrial Revolution—even as he became one of its casualties. Intimate, dramatic, and provocative, this biography captures the larger story of the changing nation. It casts surprising new light on one of the best-known figures of American history, a subject of seemingly endless fascination. |
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| custer's last stand summary: In the Hands of the Great Spirit Jake Page, 2003 The story of the American Indians has, until now, been told as a 500-year tragedy, a story of violent and fatal encounters with Europeans and their diseases, followed by steady retreat, defeat, and diminishment. Yet the true story begins much earlier, and its final recent chapter adds a major twist. Jake Page, one of the Southwest's most distinguished writers and a longtime student of Indian history and culture, tells a radically new story, thanks to an explosion of recent archaeological findings, the latest scholarship, and an exploration of Indian legends. Covering no less than 20,000 years, In the hands of the Great Spirit will forever change how we think about the oldest and earliest Americans. Page explores every controversy, from the question of cannibalism among tribes, to the various theories of when and how humans first arrived on the continent, to what life was actually like for Indians before the Europeans came. Page dispels the popular image of a peaceful and idyllic Eden, and shows that Indian societies were fluid, constantly transformed by intertribal fighting, population growth, and shifting climates. Page uses Indian legends and stories as tools to uncover tribal origins, cultural values, and the meaning of certain rituals and sacred lands. He tells the story of contact with Europeans, and the multipower conflicts of the Seven Years War, the Revolutionary War, and the War of 1812, from the Indians' point of view. He explains the complex and shifting role of the U.S. government as expressed through executive decisions and through the role of the courts. Finally, he tells the fascinating story of the late-twentieth-century upsurge in Indian population and resources, which began as a social movement and exploded once casinos came into fashion. |
| custer's last stand summary: Everything We Didn't Say Nicole Baart, 2022 Juniper Baker had just graduated from high school and was deep in the throes of a summer romance when Cal and Beth Murphy, a childless couple who lived on a neighboring farm, were brutally murdered. When her younger brother became the prime suspect, June's world collapsed and everything she loved that summer fell away. She left, promising never to return to tiny Jericho, Iowa. |
| custer's last stand summary: The Girl and the Tiger Paul Rosolie, 2019-09-17 When Isha is sent away to live with her grandparents on the Indian countryside, she finds a young Bengal tiger that needs her protection. Her crusade to save the tiger becomes the catalyst of an arduous journey of awakening and survival across the changing landscape of modernizing India. |
| custer's last stand summary: Summary of Ulrich Boser's Learn Better Everest Media,, 2022-05-02T22:59:00Z Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 We all have a tendency to connect activities with meaning. This is crucial for learning, as it is hard to learn something if we don’t see any value in it. Meaning is the first step in understanding. #2 The value of meaning is rooted in the brain, and it is something we create. We find our own value in the world, and it serves as a means of perspective, a frame of mind, and an attitude that makes something either wonderfully important or devoid of all significance. #3 To help students find value in statistics, Hulleman had them write essays explaining why statistics was relevant to their lives. The outcomes were clear: by drawing a connection between their lives and statistics, the students became much more motivated in their studies. #4 The more we know about something, the more we want to know about it. We want to understand our world, and we want to see value. Meaning becomes self-perpetuating. |
| custer's last stand summary: Custer's First Messanger?! Art Unger, 2011 Custer's First Messenger!? Debunking the Story of Sergeant Daniel A. Kanipe On June 25, 1876, the 7th Regiment, United States Cavalry, a then modern Army unit under the command of an iconic Civil War hero, engaged an overwhelming force of hostile, Stone Age like warriors. This battle resulted in the most humiliating loss the United States Army ever suffered on American soil. One aspect that has been universally accepted to this very day is that Custer sent two orders back to the other battalions of the command. The first order was verbal, and it is alleged to have been delivered by Sergeant Daniel A. Kanipe, to Captain McDougal, commander of the pack train guard. When researching Kanipe's claims, his purported role of messenger, and his self proclaimed hero status as noted in the many versions of the story told by him or in his name; one finds that none of his claims are supported by fact. Now every theory of how the Battle of the Little Big Horn was fought must be revisited and revised. For now it is known, that it is an absolute fact that Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer sent back a single solitary order, and that was the written order delivered by Private Giovanni Martini to Captain Frederick Benteen. There were no verbal orders for Captain McDougal, as claimed by Sergeant Daniel Kanipe. Most every statement that Sergeant Kanipe ever made with regard to conduct or aftermath of the Battle of the Little Big Horn was a blatant lie. The story of Sergeant Daniel Kanipe and its influence on the history of the Battle of the Little Big Horn must now be expurgated to remove the erroneous twists it has added to history. Also, for the first time ever, the relationship between Daniel A. Kanipe and Walter Mason Camp is examined in depth and the potential effect this relationship had on Walter Mason Camp's theories regarding the Battle of the Little Big Horn. |
| custer's last stand summary: Custer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn Thom Hatch, 2000-11-19 Every aspect of the career of General George Armstrong Custer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn is covered here. The people around Custer and his native American counterparts are detailed, as are related military campaigns, battles, historical events, equipment and terminology. There are also entries on Plains Indian culture and customs, artists and artwork, movies and other subjects associated with the battle. Following the entries is a listing of suggested sources for further research. |
George Armstrong Custer - Wikipedia
George Armstrong Custer (December 5, 1839 – June 25, 1876) was a United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War [1] and the American Indian Wars. [2]
George Armstrong Custer | Civil War, Little Bighorn, Death ...
Apr 19, 2025 · George Armstrong Custer (born December 5, 1839, New Rumley, Ohio, U.S.—died June 25, 1876, Little Bighorn River, Montana Territory) was a U.S. cavalry officer …
George Custer - Battles, Death & Facts - Biography
Apr 2, 2014 · George Custer was an American cavalry commander who in 1876 led 210 men to their deaths at the Battle of Little Bighorn.
What Really Happened at the Battle of the Little Bighorn?
Feb 27, 2018 · The ferocious Battle of the Little Big Horn has been ennobled as Custer’s Last Stand, but in truth, Custer and his men never stood a fighting chance.
George Armstrong Custer - World History Encyclopedia
Oct 21, 2024 · George Armstrong Custer (l. 1839-1876) was an officer in the US Army, serving in the cavalry from 1861 to 1865 during the American Civil War and the wars against the Plains …
George Armstrong Custer - American Battlefield Trust
George Armstrong Custer is better known for his post-bellum exploits rather than his Civil War career. His success, however, in the Union army was due in large part to his dual …
George Armstrong Custer - U.S. National Park Service
George Armstrong Custer rode a meteoric rise to fame during the Civil War. Fighting in many battles, Custer took command of a cavalry division during the 1864 Shenandoah Valley …
How Custer Met His End at Little Bighorn - HistoryNet
Feb 2, 2018 · With Terry rode the entire 7th Cavalry Regiment under command of its lieutenant colonel, Brevet Major General George Armstrong Custer. The personality of this flamboyant …
Battle of the Little Bighorn - Wikipedia
The Battle of the Little Bighorn, known to the Lakota and other Plains Indians as the Battle of the Greasy Grass, [1][2] and commonly referred to as Custer's Last Stand, was an armed …
Cole Custer Earns First Top-10 for Haas Factory Team in ...
12 hours ago · Custer started Sunday’s event from outside of the top-25, but when an early-race rain showed hit the Mexico City-area and forced everybody onto wet-weather tires, the former …
George Armstrong Custer - Wikipedia
George Armstrong Custer (December 5, 1839 – June 25, 1876) was a United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War [1] and the American Indian Wars. [2]
George Armstrong Custer | Civil War, Little Bighorn, Death ...
Apr 19, 2025 · George Armstrong Custer (born December 5, 1839, New Rumley, Ohio, U.S.—died June 25, 1876, Little Bighorn River, Montana Territory) was a U.S. cavalry officer …
George Custer - Battles, Death & Facts - Biography
Apr 2, 2014 · George Custer was an American cavalry commander who in 1876 led 210 men to their deaths at the Battle of Little Bighorn.
What Really Happened at the Battle of the Little Bighorn?
Feb 27, 2018 · The ferocious Battle of the Little Big Horn has been ennobled as Custer’s Last Stand, but in truth, Custer and his men never stood a fighting chance.
George Armstrong Custer - World History Encyclopedia
Oct 21, 2024 · George Armstrong Custer (l. 1839-1876) was an officer in the US Army, serving in the cavalry from 1861 to 1865 during the American Civil War and the wars against the Plains …
George Armstrong Custer - American Battlefield Trust
George Armstrong Custer is better known for his post-bellum exploits rather than his Civil War career. His success, however, in the Union army was due in large part to his dual …
George Armstrong Custer - U.S. National Park Service
George Armstrong Custer rode a meteoric rise to fame during the Civil War. Fighting in many battles, Custer took command of a cavalry division during the 1864 Shenandoah Valley …
How Custer Met His End at Little Bighorn - HistoryNet
Feb 2, 2018 · With Terry rode the entire 7th Cavalry Regiment under command of its lieutenant colonel, Brevet Major General George Armstrong Custer. The personality of this flamboyant …
Battle of the Little Bighorn - Wikipedia
The Battle of the Little Bighorn, known to the Lakota and other Plains Indians as the Battle of the Greasy Grass, [1][2] and commonly referred to as Custer's Last Stand, was an armed …
Cole Custer Earns First Top-10 for Haas Factory Team in ...
12 hours ago · Custer started Sunday’s event from outside of the top-25, but when an early-race rain showed hit the Mexico City-area and forced everybody onto wet-weather tires, the former …
