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Touched by fire : the life, death, and mythic afterlife of George Armstrong Custer / Louise Barnett ; with a new preface by the author.

Title: Touched by fire : the life, death, and mythic afterlife of George Armstrong Custer / Louise Barnett ; with a new preface by the author.
Author: Barnett, Louise K.
Publication: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2006.

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Description

xi, 540 p., [8] p. of plates : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

"For more than a century, Americans have been captivated by the legend of General George Armstrong Custer. But the various truths of Custer's life and last stand prove elusive. Why are we so taken with the myth and the so-called mystery behind the man?" "In a field teeming with highly partisan and wildly speculative treatments of Custer, Louise Barnett enters with a volume widely acclaimed by both military and cultural historians as the most balanced account of his life and legend. Custer's life spans two great eras of American history, and Barnett's commanding work pushes beyond the existing literature to a comprehensive view of this controversial figure. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Biographies
History

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [496]-523) and index.

Processing Action (note)

committed to retain

Contents

Introduction (starting p. 1) -- Part 1 Glory -- 1 Early Days (starting p. 9) -- 2 Libbie Bacon, Libbie Bacon (starting p. 19) -- 3 "The Honorable and Glorious Profession of Arms" (starting p. 27) -- 4 Libbie's War (starting p. 37) -- 5 Knight sans Peur et sans Reproche (starting p. 48) -- Part 2 Transition -- 6 Postwar Doldrums (starting p. 59) -- 7 Joining the Frontier Army (starting p. 76) -- 8 Frontier Army Wives (starting p. 85) -- 9 The Plains Indians (starting p. 100) -- 10 Indian Fighting (starting p. 117) -- 11 Nadir (starting p. 126) -- Part 3 Recovery -- 12 Victory on the Washita (starting p. 147) -- 13 Save the Last Bullet for Your Wife (starting p. 167) -- 14 Libbie and Autie, or A Companionable Wife (starting p. 186) -- 15 The Great Buffalo Hunt (starting p. 205) -- 16 Heroes of the Plains (starting p. 220) -- 17 Farther West (starting p. 236) -- Part 4 1876 -- 18 Prelude (starting p. 253) -- 19 The Little Bighorn (starting p. 274) -- 20 Survivors (starting p. 309) -- 21 Mystery (starting p. 331) -- Part 5 Endless Devotion -- 22 "I Longed to Die": The Long Widowhood of Elizabeth Custer (starting p. 351) -- 23 Literary Careers (starting p. 363) -- 24 Monuments (starting p. 373) -- 25 Aging (starting p. 389) -- Epilogue: Custer Forever (starting p. 398) -- Acknowledgments (starting p. 413) -- Notes (starting p. 415) -- Bibliography (starting p. 496) -- Index (starting p. 525).

ISBN

0803262663 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780803262669

LCCN

^^2006013113

OCLC

68192311
SCSB-10904832

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library