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Lot of Vintage (1950-1988) Various "General Custer" Hardcovers/Paperback (6) - READ FULL DESCRIPTION BELOW

  • Packaging Condition: FAIR/GOOD - All hardcover books (minus one paperback) w/dust jackets on three of them (will be secure); w/some books having minor rips, spine damage, scratches, stains, inscriptions, and creases to dust jacket and/or cover and inside pages (due to storage)
  • If there are NO additional pics of book, it is because there are no significant imperfections otherwise listed above (will list if applicable)
  • Dimensions Range from: 5.75-8" (W) x 9-10.5" (H)
  • Lot published between 1950-1988 (see below)
  • Selling together as "General Custer"-related various hardcover/paperback lot (6)
  • Lot includes:
  1. 1950 Marguerite Merington (Editor) "The Custer Story: The Life and Intimate Letters of General George A. Custer and His Wife Elizabeth" (1st Edition), by The Devin-Adair Company (New York); w/some wear (minor sun damage to spine and missing dust jacket) - see pics
  2. 1953 Colonel W.A. Graham "The Custer Myth: A Source Book of Custeriana" (1st Edition), by The Stackpole Company (Harrisburg, PA); w/wear (scratches and stains on front cover and spine, binding detached and ripped from spine, and missing dust jacket) - see pics
  3. 1975 Stephen E. Ambrose "Crazy Horse and Custer: Two Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors" (1st Edition), by Doubleday & Company (New York); w/some wear (yellowing stains, bug bites and rips on dust jacket) - see pic
  4. 1984 Evan S. Connell "Son of the Morning Star: Custer and The Little Bighorn" (4th Edition), by North Point Press (San Francisco, CA); w/yellowing on dust jacket
  5. 1987 Douglas D. Scott and Richard A. Fox Jr. "Archaeological Insights into The Custer Battle: An Assessment of the 1984 Field Season" (1st Edition Softcover) w/maps in envelope attached on inside back cover, by University of Oklahoma Press (Norman, OK)
  6. 1988 Robert M. Utley "Cavalier in Buckskin: George Armstrong Custer and the Western Military Frontier" (1st Edition), by University of Oklahoma Press (Norman, OK)
  • George Armstrong Custer (12/5/1839 – 6/25/1876) was a United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the American Indian Wars. Custer graduated from West Point in 1861 at the bottom of his class, but since the Civil War was just starting, trained officers were in immediate demand. He worked closely with General George B. McClellan and the future General Alfred Pleasonton; both of whom recognized his ability as a cavalry leader. He was subsequently promoted to brigadier general of volunteers at age 23. Only a few days after his promotion, he fought at the Battle of Gettysburg, where he commanded the Michigan Cavalry Brigade. Despite being outnumbered, Custer defeated J.E.B. Stuart's attack (aka East Cavalry Field). In 1864, he served in the Overland Campaign and Philip Sheridan's army in the Shenandoah Valley, defeating Jubal Early at Cedar Creek. His division blocked the Army of Northern Virginia's final retreat and received the first flag of truce from the Confederates. He was also present at Robert E. Lee's surrender to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. After the war, Custer was commissioned as a lieutenant colonel in the Regular Army and was sent west to fight in the Indian Wars, mainly against the Lakota and other Plains Peoples. On June 25, 1876, while leading the 7th Cavalry Regiment at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in Montana Territory against a coalition of Native American tribes, he was killed along with every soldier of the five companies he led (aka Custer's Last Stand). His dramatic end was as controversial as the rest of his career, and the reaction to his life and career remains deeply divided. His legend was partly his own fabrication through his extensive publicity, and perhaps more through the energetic lobbying of his wife Elizabeth Bacon "Libbie" Custer throughout her long widowhood.
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  • Shipment(s) sent out of Lemon Grove, California, USA
  • Will be packed very well - READ OUR FEEDBACK!
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