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February 2015
On Sale: January 27, 2015
ISBN: 1250061547
EAN: 9781250061546
Kindle: B00DA733JK
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Non-Fiction History
Glorious War, the thrilling and definitive biography of
George Armstrong Custer’s Civil War years, is nothing short
of a heart-pounding cavalry charge through the battlefield
heroics that thrust the gallant young officer into the
national spotlight in the midst of the country’s darkest
hours. From West Point to the daring military actions that
propelled him to the rank of general at age twenty-three to
his unlikely romance with Libbie Bacon, Custer’s exploits
are the stuff of legend. Always leading his men from the front with a personal
courage seldom seen before or since, he was a key part of
nearly every major engagement in the east. Not only did
Custer capture the first battle flag taken by the Union Army
and receive the white flag of surrender at Appomattox, but
his field generalship at Gettysburg against Confederate
cavalry General Jeb Stuart had historic implications in
changing the course of that pivotal battle. For decades, historians have looked at Custer strictly
through the lens of his death on the frontier, his last
stand, casting him as a failure. While some may say that the
events that took place at the Little Big Horn are
illustrative of America’s bloody westward expansion, they
have in the process unjustly eclipsed Custer’s otherwise
extraordinarily life and outstanding career and fall far
short of encompassing his incredible service to his country.
This biography of thundering cannons, pounding hooves, and
stunning successes tells the true story of the origins of
one of history’s most dynamic and misunderstood figures.
Award-winning historian Thom Hatch reexamines Custer’s early
career to rebalance the scales and show why Custer’s epic
fall could never have happened without the spectacular rise
that made him an American legend.
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