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Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America

Author: T.J. Stiles

Referenced in 4 episodes

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Episodes Referencing This Book

May 22, 2024

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Quoted multiple times regarding the message to Benteen and Benteen's contradictory claims about what he believed happened to Custer. This appears to be from Stiles' biography of Custer.

May 16, 2024

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Referenced when discussing Custer's image and how he is perceived. The speaker says 'T.J. Stiles' book, I have to say, is absolutely wonderful on this' in the context of discussing how Custer's public perception as a dashing cavalier contrasts with his modern self-promotion.

May 06, 2024

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Described as Custer's 'most recent biographer' with quotes about this period revealing Custer's 'true self' and commentary on the nation's wrongs.

May 05, 2024

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Referenced multiple times as one of Custer's great biographers who wrote a Pulitzer Prize winning book about him. Quotes from the book are used throughout to describe Custer's character and Civil War service.