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GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTER "BATTLE OF THE LITTLE BIG HORN" Historical Publications and Chap Books
"GARRY OWEN" ... and WELCOME to ARROW and TROOPER! On a hot Sunday in June, 1876 Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer led five Companies of soldiers from the US 7th Cavalry on to a grassy ridge rising above the valley of Montana's Little Big Horn River and into history and legend. On the ridge, about 225 7th Cavalry Officers and Troopers fought desperately against hopeless numbers and fierce Warriors from a combined Indian Nation. When the guns fell silent, the dust settled and the smoke lifted, no soldier survived. Some say that Custer and the 7th Cavalry rode to Glory...some say to Infamy! The only thing for certain, it was a staggering defeat to the United State's Military by the hands of Warriors of Native Americans.
Custer and the Battle of the Little Big Horn has served as a focus of changing popular attitudes. During the first half of the 20th Century, Custer was paraded through literature and across the movie screens as a Hero...a symbol of the the noble forces that opened the West to America's westward expansion. Later, Custer became a different kind of symbol. He personified all that was evil and brutal in America and her historic treatment of Native Americans.
The Battle of the Little Big Horn or Custer's Last Stand is one of the most studied and controversial battles in American History...HERO or GOAT; MILITARY GENIUS or INCOMPETENT GENERAL; GREAT LEADER or MADMAN...all have been used to describe George Armstrong "Autie" Custer. Therefore, our emphasis, is to provide you with books and material based on facts and research...not a pre-planned agenda. With that in mind, WELCOME to the exciting and controversial world of Lt. George Armstrong Custer, Soldiers of the historic 7th Cavalry and Native American Warriors of many Indian Nations. "RIDE INTO HISTORY WITH CUSTER AND THE 7TH CAVALRY!"
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