CUSTER, Elizabeth B.
Tenting on the Plains or General Custer in Kansas and Texas.
New York: Charles L. Webster & Company , 1887.
$400.00
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Item Number: RRB-132064
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"ADDING GREATLY TO THE CUSTER LEGEND": FIRST EDITION OF TENTING ON THE PLAINS, GENERAL CUSTER IN KANSAS AND TEXAS
First edition of Elizabeth Custer's famous defense of Custer. Octavo, original publisher's decorated cloth with engraved tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait and 28 illustrations, including 22 full-page and two maps. In very good condition.
Perhaps General Custer's most fervent defender, Elizabeth Custer wrote this book as part of a trilogy of autobiographical works focusing heavily on her husband. In Tenting on the Plains, which has been credited with "adding greatly to the Custer legend," Elizabeth Custer described "their marriage and experiences in the Civil War and subsequent Indian campaigns" (ANB).
Tenting on the Plains or General Custer in Kansas and Texas.
$400.00
Out of Stock
