Custer (McMurtry book)

Custer is a 2012 non fiction American book by Larry McMurtry on George Armstrong Custer. It is a companion piece to his earlier biography on Crazy Horse.[1][2]

The Los Angeles Review of Books wrote "Custer seems like the character McMurtry never got around to writing, which is one reason why the writer’s glancing treatment of the man in this book is so disappointing... The writer is so concerned with being succinct that he downplays the essentials."[3]

Kirkus wrote "this effort is best understood as an informed commentary on the dashing cavalry officer and on the Custer moment... A few of McMurtry’s observations are not especially interesting (the author’s own encounters with the Crow and Cheyenne tribes), and some wander off topic (Sitting Bull’s passion for Annie Oakley), but many offer fresh insights on the Custer story."[4]

References

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  1. ^ Review of book at New York Times
  2. ^ Dippie, Brian. Review of Custer, by Larry McMurtry. Western American Literature 48, no. 4 (2014): 480-481. https://doi.org/10.1353/wal.2014.0039.
  3. ^ Review of book at Los Angeles Review of Books
  4. ^ Review of book at Kirkus