A Terrible Glory
Custer and the Little Bighorn - the Last Great Battle
$62.90
- Paperback
544 pages
- Release Date
31 May 2009
Summary
In June of 1876, on a hill above a river called the Little Bighorn, George Armstrong Custer and all 210 men under his direct command were annihilated by 2,000 Sioux and Cheyenne. The news of this stunning defeat caused an uproar, and those involved promptly began to point fingers in order to avoid responsibility. Custer, who was conveniently dead, took the brunt of the blame. The truth, however was far more complex.
A TERRIBLE GLORY is the first book to tell the entire story of this f…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780316067478 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0316067474 |
| Author: | James Donovan |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown & Company |
| Imprint: | Back Bay Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 544 |
| Release Date: | 31 May 2009 |
| Weight: | 500g |
| Dimensions: | 208mm x 138mm x 38mm |
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Critics Review
In this labour of love, Donovan collects the multiple threads that led to the 1876 massacre at Little Big Horn… Exhaustive research, lively prose and fresh interpretation make for a valuable addition to literature on this otherwise well-trodden historical event - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
About The Author
James Donovan
As a literary agent over the past ten years James Donovan has sold several bestselling nonfiction titles; previous to that he was a bookstore chain buyer and a trade book editor. He has also written several books, the most recent of which was the coffee-table tome Custer and the Little Bighorn (Voyageur Press, 2001), a main selection of the Military Book Club.
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