TY - BOOK AU - Lookingbill,Brad D. ED - Credo Reference (Firm), TI - A companion to Custer and the Little Bighorn Campaign T2 - Wiley Blackwell companions to American history SN - 9781787851344 AV - E83.876 .C6955 2015 U1 - 973.8/2092 23 PY - 2015/// CY - Chichester, West Sussex PB - Wiley/Blackwell KW - Custer, George A. KW - Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876 KW - Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument (Mont.) N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://ezp.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search.credoreference.com/content/title/wileycuster?institutionId=5224 ER -