"Custer and the Great Controversy" was the first book to focus on
the origins of what has come to be called the Custer myth. The
Battle of the Little Bighorn has always been wrapped in mystery and
controversy because none of Custer's men survived to tell what
happened, because press accounts circulated much misinformation and
editors politicized the event, because popular writers repeated the
errors of journalists, because a court of inquiry issued in bitter
debate, and because Indian testimony was hard to gauge. This book,
originally published in 1962, helps the reader understand the
sources of the confusion and controversy surrounding the Custer
fight and the beginning of the legend.
"Custer and the Great Controversy" was Robert M. Utley's debut,
coming after six years of service as a ranger-historian at the
Little Bighorn National Monument. His distinguished career as a
historian has produced many books, including "Frontiersmen in Blue:
The United States Army and the Indian, 1848-1865" and "Frontier
Regulars: The United States Army and the Indian, 1866-1891," both
available as Bison Books.
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