Boots and Saddles: or, Life in Dakota with General Custer

$9.95

ISBN: 0806111925

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Custer, Elizabeth B.. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press (1974). . Reprint. Trade paperback. xxix, 276 pp. Illustrated. Introduction by Jane R. Stewart. A clean, attractive copy. “One of the motives that has actuated me in recalling these simple annals of our daily life has been to give a glimpse to civilians of garrison and camp life – about which they seem to have such a very imperfect knowledge. This ignorance exists especially with reference to anything pertaining to the cavalry which is almost invariably stationed on the extreme frontier. The isolation of the cavalry posts makes them quite inaccessible to travelers, and the exposure incident to meeting warlike Indians does not tempt the visits of friends or even of the venturesome tourist. Our life, therefore, was often as separate from the rest of the world as if we had been living on an island in the ocean.” Book: Very Good. Dust Jacket: .