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

Author: T.J. Stiles

Referenced in 3 episodes

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Episodes Referencing This Book

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.