Custerology - The Enduring Legacy of the Indian Wars and George Armstrong Custer (Hardcover)

On a hot summer day in 1876, George Armstrong Custer led the Seventh Cavalry to the most famous defeat in U.S. military history. Badly outnumbered, and exhausted from days of forced marches, Custer's forces were quickly overwhelmed by warriors from the Lakota Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes. The Seventh Cavalry lost more than half of the four hundred men who rode into the Indian camp, and every soldier under Custer's direct command was killed. public at the time. But with Custerology, Michael A. Elliott tackles the far more complicated question of why the battle retains such power for Americans today. Weaving vivid historical accounts of Custer at Little Bighorn with contemporary commemorations that range from battle reenactments to the unfinished Crazy Horse memorial, Elliott reveals a Custer and a West whose legacies are still vigorously contested. Civil War home in Michigan to the site of his famous demise, to show how the legacy of Custer still haunts the American imagination more than a century later. Along the way, Elliott introduces us to Native American activists, Park Service rangers, and devoted history buffs; draws us into the arcana of Custerology and the back rooms of High Plains bars; and reveals how Custer and the Indian Wars continue to be both a powerful symbol of America's bloody past and a crucial key to understanding the nation's multicultural present. past and present, delivering both a bracing narrative and a potent reminder of why we care so much about history in the first place.

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2007
First published:	October 2007
Authors:	Michael A. Elliott
Dimensions:	230 x 164 x 3mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	344
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-20146-7
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Indigenous peoples Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns Books > History > American history > General Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
LSN:	0-226-20146-5
Barcode:	9780226201467

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