441pp+illus. First published 1984. A superb edition - part a history of Custer, part history of the Plains Indian Wars - in which the author dwells on rare human details often ignored by historians. He explores deeply the personality of Custer, seen by some as a hero and others as the cause of the defeat at Little Bighorn when, disregarding a Cheyenne warning, he led to death every man of the Seventh Cavalry who rode with him. Contains superb coloured, double-page folding plates. Bibliography and Index.

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