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Billy Heath - The Man Who Survived Custer's Last Stand (Hardcover, New)
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Billy Heath - The Man Who Survived Custer's Last Stand (Hardcover, New)
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For more than one hundred twenty-five years virtually every history
book in print has contended that no white man survived the Battle
of the Little Bighorn, where Custer made his famous "last stand."
This book provides compelling proof that at least one member of the
Seventh Cavalry, a man named William Heath, did indeed escape. In
this intriguing analysis of hitherto neglected historical
documents, Vincent J. Genovese provides verifiable evidence that
dispels the long-held myth that none of Custer's soldiers survived
the massacre that took place in Montana on June 25, 1876.
Genovese chronicles the life of this "Lazarus of the Little
Bighorn," who joined the army at age 27 after fleeing from
Pennsylvania under threats on his life. Documents show that Billy
Heath lived in a small coal-mining town in Pennsylvania and that he
enlisted in the Seventh Cavalry in 1875, not long before the
fateful battle. Further, U.S. Army records verify that he was one
of the soldiers at the Little Bighorn. His name also appears on a
list of those killed in action and is inscribed on the official
monument that stands at the battle site.
What makes Genovese's contribution to the history of this famous
event so interesting are public records that he here introduces,
which show indisputably that William Heath lived on for fourteen
more years after the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Birth records
from his hometown in Schuylkill County, PA, indicate that he
fathered seven children before dying in obscurity. His gravestone
still exists in the local cemetery.
This is a unique and fascinating re-evaluation of a storied event
in American history, which will surely provoke controversy.
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