ISBN: Ostalo
Godina izdanja: 1993.
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

General George Armstrong Custer - My Life on the Plains
A Personal Narrative

Uvod Milo Milton Quaife

Citadell Press, 1993.
Meki povez, XXXVI+626 strana, isecen je gornji desni ugao prvog predlista.
IZUZETNO RETKO IZDANJE!

When General Custer led his troops to annihilation in the Battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876, he was possibly the most notorious Indian fighter the army had known. In his own time, he achieved much of his fame as a daring soldier through his own published accounts of his adventures. Indeed, in My Life on the Plains, originally published serially in the Galaxy magazine starting in May 1872, Custer displays the flamboyance and glamour generally attributed to him by others.

Covering the years 1867–69, the period of most extensive military activity against the Plains Indians, Custer’s book tells of the newly reorganized Seventh Cavalry’s operations on the frontier. When published, it aroused fresh controversy over the Battle of the Washita during the Winter Campaign of 1868. In fact, Custer so vigorously denounced the `humanitarians` espousing the `Indian peace policy` that one of those named by him—General W. B. Hazen—defended his reputation in a pamphlet issued in 1874

This narrative by General Custer is of course written in the conversation style of the time period and along with your imagination becomes a time machine allowing you to visit the U.S. frontier in the 1860s after the Civil War. It not only allows the reader to `view` the daily activities of the military men in camp and afield as well as a glimpse into their families lives and the lives of other government officials and agencies that were intertwined with them; but also allows you to `see` and get to know many of the members of the Cheyenne, Kiowa, Arapaho tribes. You will meet Santana, Little Robe, Yellow Bear, Lone Wolf, Pawnee Killer, Mah-wi-sa, Mo-nah-se-tah and others. You will see the amazing abilities of the indian warriors horsemanship and marksmanship while mounted. You will meet young Mr. Brewster on a quest to find his sister who was taken prisoner from her farm by an Indian raiding party. Anyone interested in how the equine possessions of the solders, citizens and natives were utilized, used and managed will also find this book most interesting. You will also get to know the colorful and sage scouts, such as `California Joe` that were employed by the U.S. Cavalry and see the relationship that existed between them, the indians and the military. As an introduction to this human/earth mental diorama/drama, General Custer demonstrates his extraordinary descriptive writing skills with a geography lesson of the plains area or `The Great American Desert`.

Džordž Armstrong Kaster (engl. George Armstrong Custer; Nju Ramli, 5. decembar 1839 — Litl Bighorn, 25. jun 1876) je bio američki oficir i zapovednik konjice tokom Američkog građanskog rata i ratova sa Indijancima.[1][2]

Odrastajući u Mičigenu i Ohaju, Kaster je stupio na vojnu akademiju Vest Point 1858, gde je diplomirao kao poslednji u svojoj klasi. Međutim, izbijanjem Američkog građanskog rata pozvan je služiti u vojsci Unije.

Tokom građanskog rata stekao je veliku slavu. Učestvovao je u prvoj bici kod Bul Rana, a njegovoj karijeri su pomogla poznanstva sa nekoliko važnih oficira. Pokazao se kao efikasan zapovednik konjice u bici kod Getisburga 1863. godine. Bio je unapređen u privremeni čin general-majora, da bi na kraju rata bio vraćen na svoj čin kapetan. Pri završetku kampanje kod Apomatoksa, u kojoj su njegovi vojnici odigrali ključnu ulogu, Kaster je bio prisutan na predaji generala Roberta E. Lija.[3]

Nakon građanskog rata bio je poslan da se bori u indijanskim ratovima i unapređen je u čin potpukovnika. Katastrofalan ishod njegove konačne bitke zasenio je sve njegove dosadašnje uspjehe. Kaster i svi njegovi ljudi poginuli su 1876. u bici kod Litl Bighorna boreći se protiv ujedinjenih indijanskih plemena Sijuksa, Arapaha i Šajena pod vodstvom poglavice Bika koji Sedi.

divlji zapad, osvajanje zapada, indijanci, indijanski ratovi, prerija...