Scrupulously researched, this landmark work is brimming with authentic detail and an unforgettable cast of characters--from Sitting Bull to Ulysses Grant--that relates the entire story of the fascinating Battle at Little Bighorn.
Brimming with authentic detail and an unforgettable cast of characters -- from Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse to Ulysses Grant and Custer himself -- this is history with the sweep of a Great novel..
Scrupulously researched, A Teribble Glory will stand as a landmark work. military history.
Army cover-up -- and unravel one of the greatest mysteries in U.
S.
Furthermore, it is the first book to bring to light the details of the U.
S.
A Terrible Glory is the first book to relate the entire story of this endlessly fascinating battle, and the first to call upon all the significant research and findings of the past twenty-five years -- which have changed significantly how this controversial event is perceived.
The truth, however, was far more complex.
Custer, who was conveniently dead, took the brunt of the blame.
The news of this devastating loss caused a public uproar, and those in positions of power promptly began to point fingers in order to avoid responsibility.
In June of 1876, on a desolate hill above a winding river called the Little Bighorn, George Armstrong Custer and all 210 men under his direct command were annihilated by almost 2,000 Sioux and Cheyenne.
A rousing and meticulously researched account of the notorious Battle of Little Big Horn and its unforgettable cast of characters from Sitting Bull to Custer himself.
Scrupulously researched, this landmark work is brimming with authentic detail and an unforgettable cast of characters--from Sitting Bull to Ulysses Grant--that relates the entire story of the fascinating Battle at Little Bighorn
