The Custer myth : a source book of Custeriana

Book

The Custer myth : a source book of Custeriana / written and compiled by W.A. Graham ; to which is added important items of Custeriana and a complete and comprehensive bibliography by Fred Dustin.

Graham, W. A. (William Alexander), 1875-1954 (Author). Dustin, Fred, 1866- (Added Author).

Summary:

Book contains a bibliography written by Fred Dustin along with items of Custeriana. Volume contains the interviews with the Crow Scouts, information from the Crows, the Arikara, the Sioux, the Cheyennes, and the Arapahoes.

Record details

Physical Description: xxii, 413 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 25 cm
Publisher: New York : Bonanza Books, 1953.

Content descriptions

General Note:: Reprint. Originally published: Harrisburg, Pa. : Stackpole Co., [1953].
Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (pages 380-405) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Indian accounts : A word to the wise ; "Coming events cast their shadows before" ; The Crows ; The Arikara ; The Sioux ; The Cheyennes ; The Arapahoes ; General Hugh L. Scott discuss the Sioux War ; Philo Clark's 1877 battlefield survey -- Godfrey, Benteen and Edgerly : General Edward S. Godfrey and my relations with him ; General Godfrey's narrative ; Comments by General J.B. Frey on Godfrey's narrative ; Frederick William Benteen, Brevet Brigadier General ; General Winfield Scott Edgerly and my relations with him -- Miscellaneous : Covering a wide field : Rosser vs. Reno ; Dead men do tell tables ; Three versions of the Custer battle ; Lieutenant Charles Dredi's letter ; The statements of Scout Herrington ; Mr. Golden discredited himself ; The Mary Adams affidavit ; The signers of the enlisted men's petition to promote Reno and Benteen ; "Come on! Be quick! Bring packs!" ; My debate with Captain Carter -- Triple play : Whittaker to Benteen to Price and back ; The "evidence" against Reno -- A boast, a graphic letter and a grumble ; Uniforms, equipment and ammunition ; Why Helena instead of Baseman scooped the news in 1876 ; Five tales with the real Hollywood touch -- Fred Dustin describes the burials and re-burials of Custer's dead : Presenting a master of research ; Some aftermath of the Little Big Horn fight ; Dustin describes the re-burials ; Colonel Sheridan's report ; Trumpeter Milford's description of the battlefield in 1877 -- The Dustin bibliography : Bibliography additional to that in "The Custer Tragedy."