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The Custer Album : A Pictorial Biography title: of General George A. Custer author: Frost, Lawrence A. publisher: University of Oklahoma Press isbn10 | asin: 080612282X print isbn13: 9780806122823 ebook isbn13: 9780806171807 language: English Custer, George Armstrong,--1839-1876-- subject Pictorial works, Generals--United States-- Pictorial works. publication date: 1990 lcc: E467.1.C99F737 1990eb ddc: 973.8/2/092 Custer, George Armstrong,--1839-1876-- subject: Pictorial works, Generals--United States-- Pictorial works. Page 1 The Custer Album "In this country, no man, particularly if moderately educated, need fail in life if determined to succeed, so many and varied are the avenues to honorable employment which open on all hands before him." George Armstrong Custer Page 2 Page 3 The Custer Album A Pictorial Biography of General George A. Custer By Lawrence A. Frost University of Oklahoma Press Norman and London Page 4 Dedication Dedicated to Evelyn Luce and her husband, the late Major Edward S. Luce, 16 years super- intendent of the Custer Battlefield National Monument. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Frost, Lawrence A. The Custer album: a pictorial biography of General George A. Custer / by Lawrence A. Frost. p. cm. Reprint. Originally published: Seattle, Wash. : Superior Pub. Co., © 1964. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-8061-2282-X 1. Custer, George Armstrong, 1839-1876 Pictorial works. 2. GeneralsUnited States Pictorial works. I. Title. [E467.1.C99F737 1990] 973.8'2'092dc20 [B] 89-40783 CIP Copyright © 1964 by Superior Publishing Company, Seattle, Washington; assigned to Lawrence A. Frost. All rights reserved. Published by the University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Publishing Division of the University. Manufactured in the U.S.A. First printing of the University of Oklahoma Press edition, 1990. 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Page 5 Contents Author's Preface 7 Last Stand Paintings 8-16 I 17 His Family Called Him Autie II 21 Educated for War III 26 First Assignment IV 29 Stepping Stone on the Chickahominy V 34 A Star Was Gained VI 41 Fighting Was His Business VII 63 The Girl He Left Behind VIII 69 The Path to Reconstruction IX 77 Kansas and Courtmartial X 89 Return to the Plains XI 98 Warpaint to Peace XII 107 Railroads Must Move West XIII 126 The Black Hills Expedition of 1874 XIV 148 Custer's Last Battle XV 175 Hero or Fool Acknowledgments 185 Bibliography 186 Index 190

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Was he a martyr or damned? A hero or a fool? This pictorial biography of George Armstrong Custer explores all facets of the legendary general from his boyhood to West Point, through the Civil War and his earlier battles, to his last stand. It shows Custer’s family, friends, and associates, militar
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