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1) The last stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn

Author

Philbrick, Nathaniel

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 23

Language

English

Formats

Book, Audiobook, Large Print

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Little Bighorn and Custer are names synonymous in the American imagination with unmatched bravery and spectacular defeat. Mythologized as Custer's Last Stand, the June 1876 battle was also, even in victory, the last stand for the Sioux and Cheyenne Indian nations. The author sketches in details about the two larger-than-life antagonists: Sitting Bull, and George Armstrong Custer.

2) Custer: From the Civil War's Boy General to the Battle of the Little Bighorn

Author

Behncke, Ted

Publisher

Casemate Publishers (Ignition)

Pub. Date

[2020]

Language

English

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"An extensive, in-depth biography of Custer that covers his lesser-known personal history as well as his military career. The reader is introduced to a little-known side of Custer -- a deeply personal side. George Custer grew up in an expanding young country, and his early influences mirrored the times. Two aspects of this era dominate most works about him: the Civil War, and the war with the Indians, culminating in his death at the Battle of the...