Custer and the Great Controversy: The Origin and Development of a Legend - Tapa blanda

Utley, Robert M.

 
9780803295612: Custer and the Great Controversy: The Origin and Development of a Legend
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ISBN 10: 0803295618 ISBN 13: 9780803295612
Editorial: University of Nebraska Press, 1998

Sinopsis

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. Brian W. Dippie is a professor of history at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, and the author of Custer's Last Stand: The Anatomy of an American Myth, also available in a Bison Books edition.

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Acerca del autor

Robert M. Utley is a preeminent historian of the West and the author of numerous award-winning books, including The Last Days of the Sioux Nation; Frontiersmen in Blue: The United States Army and the Indian, 1848–1865 (Nebraska, 1981); Billy the Kid: A Short and Violent Life (Bison Books, 1991); and Frontier Regulars: The United States Army and the Indian, 1866–1891 (Bison Books, 1984). Brian W. Dippie is the author of Custer’s Last Stand: The Anatomy of an American Myth (Bison Books, 1994).
 
 

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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 resulted 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.

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Editorial
University of Nebraska Press
Año de publicación
1998
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0803295618
ISBN 13 
9780803295612
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
184
Contacto del fabricante
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