{"product_id":"custer-9781451626216","title":"Custer","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Larry McMurtry\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Historical\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis lavishly illustrated volume reassesses and celebrates the life and legacy of the West's most legendary figure, George Armstrong Custer, from \"one of America's great storytellers\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn June 25, 1876, General George Armstrong Custer and his 7th Cavalry attacked a large Lakota Cheyenne village on the Little Bighorn River in Montana Territory. He lost not only the battle but his life--and the lives of his entire cavalry. \"Custer's Last Stand\" was a spectacular defeat that shocked the country and grew quickly into a legend that has reverberated in our national consciousness to this day. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this lavishly illustrated volume, Larry McMurtry, the greatest chronicler of the American West, tackles for the first time the \"Boy General\" and his rightful place in history. \u003ci\u003eCuster\u003c\/i\u003e is an expansive, agile, and clear-eyed reassessment of the iconic general's life and legacy--how the legend was born, the ways in which it evolved, what it has meant--told against the broad sweep of the American narrative. It is a magisterial portrait of a complicated, misunderstood man that not only irrevocably changes our long-standing conversation about Custer, but once again redefines our understanding of the American West.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45355711496343,"sku":"9781451626216","price":1276.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781451626216.webp?v=1769291662","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/custer-9781451626216","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}