Custer: Cavalier in Buckskin

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2001. Pictorial boards, 176 pages, illustrations (some colour), colour maps; 34 cm. Originally published: Cavalier in Buckskin. 1988. Firm binding, clean inside copy. First edition thus. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "George Armstrong Custer. The name evokes instant recognition among Americans and people around the world. No figure in the history of the American West has more powerfully moved the human imagination. This new, lavishly illustrated book combines over 300 photographs and paintings, many in color, with a revised edition of Robert M. Utleys classic biography, Cavalier in Buckskin. Drawing on twelve years of additional research on Sitting Bull and the Battle of the Little Bighorn, Utley has dramatically changed his original interpretations of Custers Last Stand in this revised edition, and has brought the reference list completely up to date for the benefit of students, scholars, and western history buffs. Bringing to life vivid images of the western military frontier, Custer presents George Armstrong Custer, the man and the legend, and illuminates the challenges he faced in warfare with the Indians of the Great Plains. / Robert 'Bob' Utley served for 25 years in various capacities with the National Park Service and other federal agencies. Since his retirement from the federal government in 1980, he has devoted himself full time to historical research and writing. His specialty is the history of the American West. Ten of Bob's books have been selections of the History Book Club, eight of the Book of the Month Club." - Publisher.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Folio. Collectible.