Custer
- ISBN-10
- 1451626207
- ISBN-13
- 9781451626209
- Series
- Custer
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 179
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-11-06
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Author
- Larry McMurtry
Description
A portrait of the nineteenth-century cavalry commander traces his rise from an unpromising West Point graduate to a distinguished military leader, covering his complicated marriage, mythologized defeat at Little Big Horn, and enduring legacy.
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