Little Bighorn Battlefield and Custer's Last Stand (American History: Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument (Custer Battlefield));

George Armstrong Custer is one of the most controversial figures in American history. In his associates he inspired either love or hate, but never indifference.

On a hot June Sunday in 1876, hordes of painted Indian warriors swarmed over a treeless Montana ridge rising from the Little Bighorn River Valley. Five companies of U.S. Cavalry, fought briefly and hopelessly against overwhelming odds. When the guns fell silent and the smoke and dust of battle lifted, every soldier lay dead.

This was "Custer's Last Stand" the most spectacular triumph of the American Indian in his four-century struggle against the relentlessly advancing European civilization that finally crushed him. It forms a chapter of American history that has inspired intense study and provoked intense controversy that has been chronicled endlessly in prose and verse and enacted time and again on motion picture and television screens. In total defeat and death, Custer and his men achieved an immortality that even the most dramatic victory could not have won them.

Dive into this gripping story of the man and the campaign. Fascinating eyewitness accounts of the battle, offering views from both sides, are a special treat that round out the narrative of the author.

Newly reformatted for the Kindle, this edition is packed with photographs, images and maps, setting the stage of the battle with visual impact, and bringing the characters to life. (As with the print edition, all images except the cover art are in black and white.)

Also included is the engaging artwork of Leonard Baskin. His images speak to us across time; his subjects seem to look out from the screen and deep into our own eyes.

Table of Contents:

A Custer Profile
Custer's Last Stand
Campaign of 1876
Indian Movements
Plan of Action
March to the Little Bighorn
Reno Attacks
The Annihilation of Custer
Reno Besieged
Rescue
Collapse of the Sioux
Custer Battlefield Today
Campaign Maps
Appendixes
- Officers of the 7th Cavalry at the Battle of the Little Bighorn
- Low Dog's Account of the Battle
- Gall's Account of the Battle
- A Participant's Account of Major Reno's Battle
Custer's Last Campaign: A Photographic Essay
The Art and the Artist
National Monument Administration
Acknowledgment