A companion to Custer and the Little Bighorn Campaign / edited by Brad D. Lookingbill. - [Enhanced Credo edition] - 1 online resource (36 entries) : 10 images ; digital files. - Wiley Blackwell companions to American history . - Wiley Blackwell companions to American history. .

Includes bibliographical references.

List of illustrations -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The indians of the northern plains: The Lakota Sioux; The Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho; Patriot chiefs; The native way of war; Auxiliaries and scouts -- The policies of war and peace: The policies of war and peace; Forts on the northern plains; Army life; Women and dependents; Technology and tactics -- The making of George Armstrong Custer: A young general; Commander in the West; The 7th Cavalry; Elizabeth Bacon Custer -- Into the valley: The convergence; The Reno-Benteen site; Custer's fight; The aftermath -- The last stand of myth and memory: Native traditions; The press; Popular culture; Reenacting the battle; The legacy of archaeology; A national monument; The battle of history.

An accessible and authoritative overview of the scholarship that has shaped our understanding of one of the most iconic battles in the history of the American West.


Mode of access: World Wide Web.

9781787851344




Custer, George A. 1839-1876.


Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876.


Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument (Mont.)

E83.876 / .C6955 2015

973.8/2092