Defending General Custer's Legacy: Complete Illustrated Trilogy (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Boots and Saddles, Tenting on the Plains, Following the GuidonBy Elizabeth Bacon Custer
Length33h 52m
About this audiobook
Defending General Custer's Legacy: Complete Illustrated Trilogy gathers Elizabeth Bacon Custer's three major memoirs—Boots and Saddles, Tenting on the Plains, and Following the Guidon—into a sustained act of remembrance and vindication. Written in a vivid, domestic yet martial prose, the trilogy blends frontier travel narrative, military chronicle, elegy, and personal testimony. Its literary context lies within nineteenth-century American memoir and post–Civil War mythmaking, where private grief becomes public history and the contested figure of George Armstrong Custer is recast through loyalty, anecdote, and carefully shaped memory. Elizabeth Bacon Custer, born in Michigan in 1842, married Custer in 1864 and accompanied him through much of his army career on the plains. After his death at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876, she devoted herself to preserving his reputation against critics who saw recklessness and failure. Her proximity to army life, her experience of displacement on the frontier, and her widowhood all inform the trilogy's passionate authority. This volume is recommended to readers of American history, frontier literature, women's memoir, and Civil War memory. It is indispensable not because it is impartial, but because it reveals how legend is made.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreBiography and Memoir
Length33 hrs 52 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 27, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
44Chapter IV. Marches Through Pine Forests.
2Introduction
45Chapter V. Out of the Wilderness.
3Historical Context
46Chapter VI. A Texas Norther.
4Synopsis (Selection)
47Chapter VII. Life in a Texas Town.
5Defending General Custer’s Legacy: Complete Illustrated Trilogy
48Chapter VIII. Letters Home.
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6Boots and Saddles: Life in Dakota with General Custer
49Chapter IX. Disturbed Condition of Texas.
7Preface
50Chapter X. General Custer Parts with His Staff at Cairo and Detroit.
8Chapter I. Change of Station.
51Chapter XI. Orders to Report at Fort Riley, Kansas.
9Chapter II. A Blizzard.
52Chapter XII. Westward Ho!—Fighting Dissipation in the Seventh Cavalry—General Custer's Temptations.
10Chapter III. Western Hospitality.
53Chapter XIII. A Medley of Officers and Men.
11Chapter IV. Cavalry on the March.
54Chapter XIV. The Course of True Love.
12Chapter V. Camping Among the Sioux.
55Chapter XV. A Prairie Fire.
13Chapter VI. A Visit to the Village of “Two Bears.”
56Chapter XVI. Sacrifices and Self-Denial of Pioneer Duty—Captain Robbins and Colonel Cook Attacked, and Fight for Three Hours.
14Chapter VII. Adventures During the Last Days of the March.
57Chapter XVII. A Flood at Fort Hays.
15Chapter VIII. Separation and Reunion.
58Chapter XVIII. Ordered Back to Fort Harker.
16Chapter IX. Our New Home at Fort Lincoln.
59Chapter XIX. The First Fight of the Seventh Cavalry.
17Chapter X. Incidents of Every-day Life.
60Following the Guidon
18Chapter XI. The Burning of Our Quarters.—Carrying the Mail.
61Chapter I. The March into the Indian Territory.
19Chapter XII. Perplexities and Pleasures of Domestic Life.
62Chapter II. General Custer's Letters Describing the March.
20Chapter XIII. A “Strong Heart” Dance!
63Chapter III. White Scouts.
21Chapter XIV. Garrison Life.
64Chapter IV. Battle of the Washita.
22Chapter XV. General Custer’s Literary Work.
65Chapter V. Indian Trails, Councils, and Captives.
23Chapter XVI. Indian Depredations.
66Chapter VI. In Camp on Big Creek.
24Chapter XVII. A Day of Anxiety and Terror.
67Chapter VII. Indian Prisoners.
25Chapter XVIII. Improvements at the Post, and Gardening.
68Chapter VIII. Corral of the Captives.
26Chapter XIX. General Custer’s Library.
69Chapter IX. Pets of the Camp.
27Chapter XX. The Summer of the Black Hills Expedition.
70Chapter X. A Slow Mule-Race.
28Chapter XXI. Domestic Trials.
71Chapter XI. Tales of Soldiers' Devotion and Drollery
29Chapter XXII. Capture and Escape of Rain-in-the-face.
72Chapter XII. Wild Bill as a Magistrate.
30Chapter XXIII. Garrison Amusements.
73Chapter XIII. Home of the Buffalo.
31Chapter XXIV. An Indian Council.
74Chapter XIV. First Women to Hunt Buffaloes.
32Chapter XXV. Breaking Up of the Missouri.
75Chapter XV. Hunting Records.
33Chapter XXVI. Curious Characters and Excursionists Among Us.
76Chapter XVI. Army House-Keeping.
34Chapter XXVII. Religious Services.—Leave of Absence.
77Chapter XVII. Necessity the Mother of Invention.
35Chapter XXVIII. A Winter’s Journey Across the Plains.
78Chapter XVIII. "Garryowen" Leads the Hunt.
36Chapter XXIX. Our Life’s Last Chapter.
79Chapter XIX. Army Promotions.
37Appendix.
80Chapter XX. A Flood on Big Creek.
38Letters from the Black Hills, 1874.
81Chapter XXI. Rattlesnakes as Neighbors.
39Letters from the Yellowstone, 1876.
82Chapter XXII. Dandy.
40Tenting on the Plains: General Custer in Kansas and Texas
83Analysis
41Chapter I. Good-by to the Army of the Potomac.
84Reflection
42Chapter II. New Orleans After the War.
85Memorable Quotes
43Chapter III. A Military Execution.
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