With Custer in '74: James Calhoun's Diary of the Black Hills Expedition.

Provo, Utah:: Brigham Young University Press, 1979.. 1st Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: dark brown leather-patterned boards; a Good+ book, with a Good+ dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact.. 8vo (about 9.25 inches tall) . Index. Brown endpapers. Description: This copy is Signed, with a personalized inscription, by the editor. A short section of illustrations includes two maps. Frontis portrait plate. The publisher's author-blurb reads: the editor, ''Dr Lawrence A Frost has served as a vocational curator of the Custer Room in the Monroe County Historical Museum for over twenty-five years. He has written several books on Custer lore. His strong interest in Custer grew from having lived in Custer's hometown for nearly fifty years and having become closely associated with members of the General's family.'' James Calhoun was an officer of the Seventh Cavalry and General Custer's brother-in-law. Calhoun served as Acting Assistant Adjutant General during the Black Hills Expedition. The book blurb tells us: '' More than a military log, Calhoun's diary offers readers insights and opinions of significant events, as well as numerous letters, reports, and dispatches of importance to the expedition.''