| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
What is ambition? -- Staff officer: Learning the profession -- Gettysburg: Saving the Union -- Boy general of the golden locks -- Then you'll remember me: Celebrity -- A heart too full for utterance: Winning the war -- Reconstruction: Seeing the political elephant -- The Hancock expedition: Learning from failure -- Washita -- A hero and a villian: Indian fighting brings no glory -- Exploring new paths: Writer, teacher, or businessman? -- Warrior and writer -- Gilded Age crusader -- Custer's last stage -- Forgotten honor |
| Summary |
"A biography of George Armstrong Custer that argues he had the soul of an artist rather than a soldier. This artistic passion for creativity and recognition drove Custer to success-and, ultimately, to the failure that has overshadowed his notable achievements"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876.
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| SUBJECT |
Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876 fast |
| Subject |
United States. Army -- Biography.
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| SUBJECT |
United States. Army fast |
| Subject |
Generals -- United States -- Biography
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Generals
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780806168265 |
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0806168269 |
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