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The episode opens with a dramatic reading from this novel, which contains a fictional account of the Battle of Little Bighorn from the perspective of the character Harry Flashman.

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Mentioned as a Lady Bird children's history book that people of their generation would remember reading about Custer's Last Stand.

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Described as the first biography of Custer, published in December 1876, which established how Custer would be commemorated for decades to come.

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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.

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Described as another brilliant biography of Custer, quoted for describing Custer as 'this dashing cavalier embedded like a fossil in American folklore.'

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Referenced as having written a great book on the Indian Wars, quoted for his assessment that 'Custer knew instinctively when to charge, when to hold fast and when to retire.'