01631cam a2200301 4500 117725334 TxAuBib 20121114120000.0 120406s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2012012374 9781451626209 hardcover $35.00 1451626207 hardcover $35.00 (OCoLC)816552433 DLC eng DLC BTCTA BDX MOF UPZ SPP TxAuBib McMurtry, Larry. Custer [book] / Larry McMurtry. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2012. 178 pages : ill. ; 29 cm. In this lavishly illustrated volume, Larry McMurtry, the greatest chronicler of the American West, tackles for the first time one of the paramount figures of Western and American history--George Armstrong Custer. McMurtry also argues that Custer's last stand at the Little Bighorn should be seen as a monumental event in our nation's history. Like all great battles, its true meaning can be found in its impact on our politics and policy, and the epic defeat clearly signaled the end of the Indian Wars--and brought to a close the great narrative of western expansion. 20121114. Custer, George A (George Armstrong), 1839-1876. United States. Army Biography. Generals United States Biography. Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876. Indians of North America. Wars Great Plains. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865. FLSCP