Custer

Name: Custer
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Larry McMurtry
ISBN: 9781470328337

Author: Larry McMurtry

Narrator: Henry Strozier

Unabridged: 2 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 11/06/2012

Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Historical Biography, Business & Economics

Synopsis

Pulitzer Prize winner Larry McMurtry crafts works synonymous with the grandeur and beauty of the American West. Here McMurtry turns his attention to George A. Custer, a complex man who has captivated historians for over a century. From graduating last in his class at West Point to leading the ill-fated 7th Cavalry in the attack at Little Bighorn, Custer forged a legacy- still very much alive today- as one of the West's most enduring historical figures.

About Larry McMurtry

Larry McMurtry is the author of twenty-nine novels, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Lonesome Dove. His other works include two collections of essays, three memoirs, and more than thirty screenplays, including the coauthorship of Brokeback Mountain, for which he received an Academy Award. He lives in Archer City, Texas.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bill

Most readers know Larry McMurtry as a fine writer of fiction, but fewer people know he is a master of the short biography. "Crazy Horse" is an example of such a biography. "Custer" isn't. Which is not to say that "Custer" is without its virtues and pleasures. "Custer" is a sumptuous coffee table boo......more

Goodreads review by robin

McMurtry On Custer On June 26, 1876, General George Custer led about 264 soldiers of the Seventh Cavalry into massacre by a combined force of plains Indians at the Battle of Little Bighorn. The Battle and Custer quickly became legendary. Many books have been written from varied perspectives about Cus......more

Goodreads review by Jill

I haven't been a huge fan of biographies, but I love Larry McMurtry and he does a wonderful job. Shows you the brutality of both sides without being too graphic or too bogged down with dates.......more

Goodreads review by Jim

I listened to this as an audiobook, but apparently it is also a gorgeous coffee table book. (See Bill's review here: [URL not allowed]) It was great as audio, although it would have been nice to see the pictures. McMurtry did a good, quick sketch of Custer & the events that led......more