The Custer Story. The Life And Intimate Letters Of General George A. Custer And His Wife Elizabeth

Merington, Marguerite [Edited By]

Publication: New York: The Devin-Adair Company, 1950,

New York: The Devin-Adair Company, 1950. First edition. 8vo. Blue cloth, gold stamping on front cover and spine, frontis., xii, 339 pp., acknowledgments, foreword, illustrated, map, index. The personal letters of General Custer and his wife Elizabeth Bacon, are well worth reading for their picture of frontier army life and for tracing Custer's career on the western plains. Custer Highspot 8 says, "By all odds one of the most revealing books on Custer's personality is THE CUSTER STORY .. Both Custers were prolific and prolix letter-writers. Although the letters were edited and pre-selected, they, along with Merington's running commentary, make this work deserving...." Near fine in price-clipped dust jacket with light wear to spine ends and fore corners. LUTHER/SWINFORD HIGHSPOT 8.

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