{"product_id":"custer-9781451626216","title":"Custer","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis lavishly illustrated volume reassesses and celebrates the life and legacy of the West's most legendary figure, George Armstrong Custer, from \"one of America's great storytellers\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn June 25, 1876, General George Armstrong Custer and his 7th Cavalry attacked a large Lakota Cheyenne village on the Little Bighorn River in Montana Territory. He lost not only the battle but his life--and the lives of his entire cavalry. \"Custer's Last Stand\" was a spectacular defeat that shocked the country and grew quickly into a legend that has reverberated in our national consciousness to this day. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this lavishly illustrated volume, Larry McMurtry, the greatest chronicler of the American West, tackles for the first time the \"Boy General\" and his rightful place in history. \u003ci\u003eCuster\u003c\/i\u003e is an expansive, agile, and clear-eyed reassessment of the iconic general's life and legacy--how the legend was born, the ways in which it evolved, what it has meant--told against the broad sweep of the American narrative. It is a magisterial portrait of a complicated, misunderstood man that not only irrevocably changes our long-standing conversation about Custer, but once again redefines our understanding of the American West.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLarry McMurtry (1936-2021) was the author of twenty-nine novels, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning \u003ci\u003eLonesome Dove\u003c\/i\u003e, three memoirs, two collections of essays, and more than thirty screenplays. He lived in Archer City, Texas.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50466270085394,"sku":"9781451626216","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e5609fdd-3d36-43a2-b961-5822fe8b099e.jpg?v=1730116903","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/custer-9781451626216","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}