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The Resource Custer's trials : a life on the frontier of a new America, T. J. Stiles

Custer's trials : a life on the frontier of a new America, T. J. Stiles

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From the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner, a brilliant new biography of Gen. George Armstrong Custer that radically changes our view of the man and his turbulent times. 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 volatile, contradictory, intense person--capable yet insecure, intelligent yet bigoted, passionate yet self-destructive, a romantic individualist at odds with the institution of the military (he was court-martialed twice in six years). The key to understanding Custer, Stiles writes, is keeping in mind that he lived on a frontier in -- From the Hardcover edition
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eng
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1 online resource.
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Electronic book
Contents
  • Rise 1839-1865
  • The accused
  • The observer
  • The protégé
  • The prodigy
  • The women
  • The general
  • The hero
  • The victor
  • Fall 1865-1876
  • The executioner
  • The politician
  • The fallen
  • The Indian killer
  • The financier
  • The writer
  • The enemy
  • The accuser
  • Epilogue
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9781101875841
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Custer's trials : a life on the frontier of a new America
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Custer's trials
Title remainder
a life on the frontier of a new America
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T. J. Stiles
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Language
eng
Summary
From the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner, a brilliant new biography of Gen. George Armstrong Custer that radically changes our view of the man and his turbulent times. 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 volatile, contradictory, intense person--capable yet insecure, intelligent yet bigoted, passionate yet self-destructive, a romantic individualist at odds with the institution of the military (he was court-martialed twice in six years). The key to understanding Custer, Stiles writes, is keeping in mind that he lived on a frontier in -- From the Hardcover edition
Biography type
individual biography
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TOH
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Stiles, T. J
Dewey number
  • 973.8/2092
  • B
Index
index present
LC call number
E467.1.C99
LC item number
S76 2015
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
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  • Custer, George A.
  • Custer, George A.
  • United States
  • United States
  • American Civil War (1861-1865)
  • United States
  • United States
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Custer's trials : a life on the frontier of a new America, T. J. Stiles
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online resource
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rdacarrier
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Contents
Rise 1839-1865 -- The accused -- The observer -- The protégé -- The prodigy -- The women -- The general -- The hero -- The victor -- Fall 1865-1876 -- The executioner -- The politician -- The fallen -- The Indian killer -- The financier -- The writer -- The enemy -- The accuser -- Epilogue
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unknown
Extent
1 online resource.
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online
Isbn
9781101875841
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(electronic bk.)
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computer
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rdamedia
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  • c
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284efca6-06ec-4394-b6ca-9c75f237c5f1
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remote
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  • (OCoLC)922688370
  • (OCoLC)ocn922688370
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Custer's trials : a life on the frontier of a new America, T. J. Stiles
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Publication
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Electronic book
Carrier category
online resource
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  • cr
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rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Rise 1839-1865 -- The accused -- The observer -- The protégé -- The prodigy -- The women -- The general -- The hero -- The victor -- Fall 1865-1876 -- The executioner -- The politician -- The fallen -- The Indian killer -- The financier -- The writer -- The enemy -- The accuser -- Epilogue
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unknown
Extent
1 online resource.
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781101875841
Isbn Type
(electronic bk.)
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computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
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284efca6-06ec-4394-b6ca-9c75f237c5f1
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unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
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  • (OCoLC)922688370
  • (OCoLC)ocn922688370

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