The Custer album: a pictorial biography of General George A. Custer

475 Pages·1990·30.51 MB·English

by  Lawrence A. Frost

The Custer Album : A Pictorial Biography
title:
of General George A. Custer
author: Frost, Lawrence A.
publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
isbn10 | asin: 080612282X
print isbn13: 9780806122823
ebook isbn13: 9780806171807
language: English
Custer, George Armstrong,--1839-1876--
subject Pictorial works, Generals--United States--
Pictorial works.
publication date: 1990
lcc: E467.1.C99F737 1990eb
ddc: 973.8/2/092
Custer, George Armstrong,--1839-1876--
subject: Pictorial works, Generals--United States--
Pictorial works.
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The Custer Album
"In this country, no man, particularly if moderately educated, need fail in life
if determined to succeed, so many and varied are the avenues to honorable
employment which open on all hands before him."
George Armstrong Custer
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The Custer Album
A Pictorial Biography of General George A. Custer
By Lawrence A. Frost
University of Oklahoma Press
Norman and London
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Dedication
Dedicated to Evelyn Luce and her husband,
the late Major Edward S. Luce, 16 years super-
intendent of the Custer Battlefield National
Monument.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Frost, Lawrence A.
The Custer album: a pictorial biography of
General George A. Custer / by Lawrence A.
Frost.
p. cm.
Reprint. Originally published: Seattle, Wash. :
Superior Pub. Co., © 1964.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0-8061-2282-X
1. Custer, George Armstrong, 1839-1876
Pictorial works. 2. GeneralsUnited States
Pictorial works. I. Title.
[E467.1.C99F737 1990]
973.8'2'092dc20
[B] 89-40783
CIP
Copyright © 1964 by Superior Publishing Company, Seattle,
Washington; assigned to Lawrence A. Frost. All rights reserved.
Published by the University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Publishing
Division of the University. Manufactured in the U.S.A. First printing
of the University of Oklahoma Press edition, 1990.
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Contents
Author's Preface 7
Last Stand Paintings 8-16
I 17
His Family Called Him Autie
II 21
Educated for War
III 26
First Assignment
IV 29
Stepping Stone on the Chickahominy
V 34
A Star Was Gained
VI 41
Fighting Was His Business
VII 63
The Girl He Left Behind
VIII 69
The Path to Reconstruction
IX 77
Kansas and Courtmartial
X 89
Return to the Plains
XI 98
Warpaint to Peace
XII 107
Railroads Must Move West
XIII 126
The Black Hills Expedition of 1874
XIV 148
Custer's Last Battle
XV 175
Hero or Fool
Acknowledgments 185
Bibliography 186
Index 190