{"product_id":"custer-9781451626216","title":"Custer","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis lavishly illustrated volume reassesses and celebrates the life and legacy of the West's most legendary figure, George Armstrong Custer, from \"one of America's great storytellers\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn June 25, 1876, General George Armstrong Custer and his 7th Cavalry attacked a large Lakota Cheyenne village on the Little Bighorn River in Montana Territory. He lost not only the battle but his life--and the lives of his entire cavalry. \"Custer's Last Stand\" was a spectacular defeat that shocked the country and grew quickly into a legend that has reverberated in our national consciousness to this day. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this lavishly illustrated volume, Larry McMurtry, the greatest chronicler of the American West, tackles for the first time the \"Boy General\" and his rightful place in history. \u003ci\u003eCuster\u003c\/i\u003e is an expansive, agile, and clear-eyed reassessment of the iconic general's life and legacy--how the legend was born, the ways in which it evolved, what it has meant--told against the broad sweep of the American narrative. It is a magisterial portrait of a complicated, misunderstood man that not only irrevocably changes our long-standing conversation about Custer, but once again redefines our understanding of the American West.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/22\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781451626216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.86h x 8.58w x 0.57d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/03\/2014 pg. 64\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Larry McMurtry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43040252395701,"sku":"9781451626216","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_d8548f8b-c0bf-4eb0-b012-33498eafbf5b.jpg?v=1689087918","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/custer-9781451626216","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}