The Resource Custer's trials : a life on the frontier of a new America, T. J. Stiles
Custer's trials : a life on the frontier of a new America, T. J. Stiles
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The item Custer's trials : a life on the frontier of a new America, T. J. Stiles represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Fountaindale Public Library.
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- Summary
- From the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner, a brilliant new biography of Gen. George Armstrong Custer that radically changes our view of the man and his turbulent times. In 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 volatile, contradictory, intense person--capable yet insecure, intelligent yet bigoted, passionate yet self-destructive, a romantic individualist at odds with the institution of the military (he was court-martialed twice in six years). The key to understanding Custer, Stiles writes, is keeping in mind that he lived on a frontier in -- From the Hardcover edition
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- Note
- Electronic book
- Contents
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- Rise 1839-1865
- The accused
- The observer
- The protégé
- The prodigy
- The women
- The general
- The hero
- The victor
- Fall 1865-1876
- The executioner
- The politician
- The fallen
- The Indian killer
- The financier
- The writer
- The enemy
- The accuser
- Epilogue
- Isbn
- 9781101875841
- Label
- Custer's trials : a life on the frontier of a new America
- Title
- Custer's trials
- Title remainder
- a life on the frontier of a new America
- Statement of responsibility
- T. J. Stiles
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- From the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner, a brilliant new biography of Gen. George Armstrong Custer that radically changes our view of the man and his turbulent times. In 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 volatile, contradictory, intense person--capable yet insecure, intelligent yet bigoted, passionate yet self-destructive, a romantic individualist at odds with the institution of the military (he was court-martialed twice in six years). The key to understanding Custer, Stiles writes, is keeping in mind that he lived on a frontier in -- From the Hardcover edition
- Awards note
- Pulitzer Prize, History, 2016
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- TOH
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Stiles, T. J
- Dewey number
-
- [Axis360]
- 973.8/2092
- B
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E467.1.C99
- LC item number
- S76 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Baker & Taylor Axis 360
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Custer, George A.
- United States
- United States
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Custer's trials : a life on the frontier of a new America, T. J. Stiles
- Link
- Note
- Electronic book
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Rise 1839-1865 -- The accused -- The observer -- The protégé -- The prodigy -- The women -- The general -- The hero -- The victor -- Fall 1865-1876 -- The executioner -- The politician -- The fallen -- The Indian killer -- The financier -- The writer -- The enemy -- The accuser -- Epilogue
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781101875841
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 0016346104
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)922688370
- (OCoLC)ocn922688370
- 1278161
- 1278161
- 1301433
- Label
- Custer's trials : a life on the frontier of a new America, T. J. Stiles
- Link
- Note
- Electronic book
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Rise 1839-1865 -- The accused -- The observer -- The protégé -- The prodigy -- The women -- The general -- The hero -- The victor -- Fall 1865-1876 -- The executioner -- The politician -- The fallen -- The Indian killer -- The financier -- The writer -- The enemy -- The accuser -- Epilogue
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781101875841
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 0016346104
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)922688370
- (OCoLC)ocn922688370
- 1278161
- 1278161
- 1301433
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