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Custer's Trials. A Life On The Frontier Of A New America T. J. STILES

Custer's Trials. A Life On The Frontier Of A New America

T. J. STILES

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Publication: Alfred A Knopf, 2015, New York

First edition. 8vo. Signed by the author on a publisher's label and affixed to the half title page. Two-tone quarter cloth and boards, titles stamped in gold gilt on the spine, xxi [1], 582 [2] pp., preface, illustrated, plates, portraits, maps, acknowledgments, notes, primary source bibliography, index. A highly acclaimed biography of General George Armstrong Custer. "Stiles paints a portrait of Custer both deeply personal and sweeping in scope, proving how much of Custer’s legacy has been ignored. He demolishes Custer’s historical caricature, revealing a volatile, contradictory, intense person .. capable yet insecure, intelligent yet bigoted, passionate yet self-destructive, a romantic individualist at odds with the institution of the military." Robert Utley says " T. J. Stiles has written another splendid book. He portrays a real Custer, full of flaws but possessed of outstanding combat skills and leadership. This biography easily overshadows its many predecessors, offering new facts and interpretations as well as a wonderful read." As new, unread copy, in dust jacket.

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