BOOTS & SADDLES by Elizabeth Bacon Custer, 1885 1st Edition Custer\'s Last Stand
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BOOTS & SADDLES by Elizabeth Bacon Custer, 1885 1st Edition Custer\'s Last Stand:
$129.95
\"EXCELLENT CONDITION\" VERY RARE1885 BOOTS & SADDLES by Elizabeth Custer.General George A Custer was stationed in Austin , Texas after the Civil War in 1866 - 1867. His job was to protect Texans from Indians and Mexican\'s loyal to General Maximilian...
Elizabeth Bacon Custer,1885 1st Edition, Excellent Condition, 1885 Printing
Tightand clean! Exceptionally good shape for a book this age. 312 pp. includesappendix with excerpts from General Custer\'s letters written to his wife in1873 Yellowstone, 1874 Blackhills, and 1876 Yellowstone.... A Rare Insight!!
BOOTS AND SADDLES
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LIFE IN DAKOTA WITH GENERAL CUSTER
BY ELIZABETH B. CUSTER
1885 FIRST EDITION, by authorElizabeth Bacon Custer
1st EDITION, 1885 Printing
1885 1st Edition Boots and Saddles, Rarein Mint Condition,
Original, Antique Books - Solidly Bound
Frontispiece Portrait of Custer
Attractive Cover Design Featuring CavalryBugle and Music
HANDSOMELY PUBLISHED BY HARPER AND BROTHERSPUBLISHERS, NEW YORK, IN1885
Of life at an army camp on the plains in thedays of the Indian wars, of General Custer and his family and his men, thisbook stands as a classic.
ThisFirst Editionbook contains theinsightful description of garrison and camp life by the wife of GeorgeArmstrong Custer. Due to the isolation of the Calvary posts she says they oftenfelt as separate from the rest of the world as if they had been living on adesert island. She also answers questions that were often posed to herconcerning their occupations, amusements and housekeeping.
General George Custer was ordered to the Dakotasin the spring of 1873 and Elizabeth Custer\'s Boots and Saddles (the title comesfrom the bugle call for the cavalry to mount) chronicles their life until thegeneral\'s death in 1876.
A counterpoint to the purely military memoir,her account provides details about everyday garrison life at Fort AbrahamLincoln, including sketches of townspeople, Indians, camp followers, andsoldiers, as well as daily routines, and special amusements. The Custer’s livedin the Dakotas when it was still the \"Wild West\" and western legendssuch as Buffalo Bill and Rain in the Face also stride through the pages of thisbook.
Courage, grit, compassion, and humor...ElizabethCuster had them all, and they are evident here. Boots and Saddles is one of thefew books of military life in the 1800\'s from a woman\'s perspective andinvaluable for that reason alone, but it is doubly important for the light itsheds on George Custer. Fun reading as well!
BOOKS IS IN EXCELLENT TO MINT CONDITION
This highly collectible,First Edition, antique book is bound inbrown cloth covers with embossed lettering and image ofa bugle and musicand sunset over the mountain range on the cover. The exterior has nodiscernible edge wear and has light bumping to the corners. The interior isclean and the pages are in great shape. They are free of any writing except aspictured. The book is solidly bound but has some loss of color in the lowerright corner-- as shown in the pictures. The book has brown colored end pages.The book comes with a wonderful frontispiece of Custer as well as a mapof his area of operation. A nice, clean, solidly bound,First Editionbook.
Although Elizabeth lived fifty-seven years after her husband\'s death, she kept her marriage vows, fulfilling what she believed were her responsibilities as \"the widow of a national hero\" by lecturing around the world. Known throughout her life for her undying devotion to her husband, she was the only officer\'s wife to live in a tent on the edges of the Civil War battlefield, ride in the ranks with the soldiers, and accompany the 7th Cavalry on many of its expeditions. During those adventures, she wore her own uniformed dresses to show her dedication to her husband and the US Army. Forever a heated topic for debate, the controversy of George Armstrong Custer and his influence on the West fueled Libbie Custer\'s efforts to author three books on her husband\'s military career and her lifelong mission to counter the claim by then US President Ulysses S. Grant the defeat at Little Big Horn was solely due to Custer\'s leadership.
BOOTS & SADDLES by Elizabeth Bacon Custer, 1885 1st Edition Custer\'s Last Stand:
$129.95