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Custer's Last Stand: The Anatomy of an American Myth

Brian W. Dippie

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Defeat and death at the Little Bighorn gave General George Custer and his Seventh Cavalry a kind of immortality. In Custer's Last Stand, Brian W. Dippie investigates the body of legend surrounding that battle on a bloody Sunday in 1876. His survey of the event in poems, novels, paintings, movies, jokes, and other ephemera amounts to a unique reflection on the national character.

Language: English

Pages: 226

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Bison Books

Release: October 01, 1994

ISBN: 0803265921

ISBN 13: 9780803265929

Custer's Last Stand: The Anatomy of an American Myth

Brian W. Dippie

3.4/5 ( ratings)

Defeat and death at the Little Bighorn gave General George Custer and his Seventh Cavalry a kind of immortality. In Custer's Last Stand, Brian W. Dippie investigates the body of legend surrounding that battle on a bloody Sunday in 1876. His survey of the event in poems, novels, paintings, movies, jokes, and other ephemera amounts to a unique reflection on the national character.

Language: English

Pages: 226

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Bison Books

Release: October 01, 1994

ISBN: 0803265921

ISBN 13: 9780803265929

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