Description: Custer's TrialsA Life on the Frontier of New AmericaT.J. StilesWinner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for HistoryIn this magisterial biography, T. J. Stiles paints a portrait of Custer both deeply personal and sweeping in scope, proving how much of Custer’s legacy has been ignored. He demolishes Custer’s historical caricature, revealing a capable yet insecure man, intelligent yet bigoted, passionate yet self-destructive, a romantic individualist at odds with the institution of the military (court-martialed twice in six years) and the new corporate economy, a wartime emancipator who rejected racial equality. Stiles argues that, although Custer was justly noted for his exploits on the western frontier, he also played a central role as both a wide-ranging participant and polarizing public figure in his extraordinary, transformational time—a time of civil war, emancipation, brutality toward Native Americans, and, finally, the Industrial Revolution—even as he became one of its casualties. Intimate, dramatic, and provocative, this biography captures the larger story of the changing nation. It casts surprising new light on one of the best-known figures of American history, a subject of seemingly endless fascination. Paperback : 640 pages ISBN-10 : 0307475948 ISBN-13 : 9780307475947 Dimensions : 6.32 x 1.26 x 9.2 inches Publisher : Vintage; Illustrated edition (October 25, 2016) Language : English
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Type: Illustrated Book
Special Attributes: Illustrated
Title: Custer's Trials
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Original Language: English
Subjects: History & Military
Book Title: Custer's Trials : Alife ON the Frontier of a New America
Item Length: 9.1in
Item Height: 1.3in
Item Width: 6.2in
Author: T. J. Stiles
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: United States / 19th Century, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Idaho, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, Historical, Military, Native American
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication Year: 2016
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, History, Social Science
Item Weight: 29.2 Oz
Number of Pages: 640 Pages
