{"product_id":"custer-myth-paperback","title":"Custer Myth - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eW. A. Graham\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I have collected here, and offer in this volume, a great many bits of now scarce source material, from which you, the reader, may construct a mosaic of your own, appraising the value and proper placement of each item, should you wish to write a story of Custer's Last Fight. It will probably be a better one than many heretofore written.\" From the Custer Myth\u003cbr\u003eFirsthand sources in \u003ci\u003eThe Custer Myth\u003c\/i\u003e include: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNarratives of the Sioux, Cheyenne, Arikara, and Crow\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePhilo Clark's 1877 battlefield survey\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStatements and letters by scouts and other nonmilitary participants\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Benteen-Goldin letters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Custer's' Last Battle,\" the 1892 \u003ci\u003eCentury Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e article by General Edward S. Godfrey\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeneral Winfield Scott Edgerly's 1881 statement about the battle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMilitary and literary records of Theodore W. Goldin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam A. Graham, 1875-1954, studied at Beloit College in Wisconsin, Stanford University, and the University of Iowa, from which he received a law degree in 1897. Graham practiced law until 1912, when he joined the Iowa National Guard. Although he saw active duty, he spent most of his Army career as a judge advocate. In 1919 he began to study the battle of the Little Big Horn, and first published The Story of the Little Big Horn in 1925. He later published The Reno Court of Inquiry: Abstract of the Official Record of Proceedings and The Custer Myth: A Source Book of Custeriana. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrian C. Pohanka, one of the nation's leading authorities on the life of the common soldier of the Civil War, is a frequent consultant of film and the television producers on Civil War reenacting and living history. Formerly an assistant editor and researcher for the Time-Life Books Civil War series, he is the author of Distant Thunder: A Photographic Essay on the American Civil War and Civil War: An Aerial Portrait. Pohanka is also active in Custer and Little Bighorn studies, including archaeological work on the Little Bighorn Battlefield. He works as a freelance writer and consultant from his home in Alexandria, Virginia.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 442\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.08 x 9.98 x 7.02 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 15, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":71360943423741,"sku":"9780811727266","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/lbrlDVikzA9780811727266.webp?v=1790185861","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/custer-myth-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}