Before Custer Surveying the Yellowstone 1872 |
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| Editor:
| Lubetkin, M. John |
| Series title: | Frontier Military Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-87062-431-5 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2015 |
| Publisher: | University of Oklahoma Press
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| Imprint: | Arthur H. Clark Company, The |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $49.00 |
Book Description:
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The firsthand accounts compiled here by M. John Lubetkin document the survey's three-month struggle with the Lakotas and other Plains Indian people. Before Custer: Surveying the Yellowstone, 1872 tells the story of a military and public relations disaster. Much to the surprised dismay of U.S. Army strategists and railroad executives, the Indians repeatedly harrassed army forces of nearly a thousand men.
The firsthand accounts compiled here by M. John Lubetkin document the survey's three-month struggle with the Lakotas and other Plains Indian people. Before Custer: Surveying the Yellowstone, 1872 tells the story of a military and public relations disaster. Much to the surprised dismay of U.S. Army strategists and railroad executives, the Indians repeatedly harrassed army forces of nearly a thousand men.