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General Custer, Libbie Custer and Their Dogs : a Passion for Hounds, from the Civil War to Little Bighorn
- Title
- General Custer, Libbie Custer and Their Dogs : a Passion for Hounds, from the Civil War to Little Bighorn / Brian Patrick Duggan ; foreword by Paul L. Hedren.
- Author
- Duggan, Brian Patrick, 1953-
- Publication
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Hedren, Paul L.
- Description
- xv, 345 pages : illustrations, maps; 26 cm.
- Summary
- "The little known history of General George Armstrong Custer and his wife, Libbie Custer, as wholehearted dog lovers. At the time of his death at Little Bighorn, they owned a rollicking pack of forty hunting dogs, including Scottish Deerhounds, Russian Wolfhounds, Greyhounds and Foxhounds. Told from a dog owner's perspective"--
- Series Statement
- Dogs in our world
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Biography.
- History.
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-329) and index.
- Contents
- Judge Bacon's daughter -- That Custer boy -- Armstrong ascendant -- My husband's dogs -- The Texas pack -- Kansas: hunting game and chasing Indians -- Kansas and Indian territory: bloody snow -- The tourist hunters -- Blue grass, Pvt. Burkman, and the Grand Duke Alexis -- Paw prints on the Yellowstone -- Fort Lincoln and the Black Hills -- The last dog deals and the march to Little Bighorn -- Dog rumors and the last stand hoax -- The Widow Custer's burden -- Epilogue: Custer's last hound.
- Call Number
- JFF 19-1837
- ISBN
- 9781476669540
- 1476669546
- LCCN
- 2018050894
- OCLC
- 1073034049
- Author
- Duggan, Brian Patrick, 1953- author.
- Title
- General Custer, Libbie Custer and Their Dogs : a Passion for Hounds, from the Civil War to Little Bighorn / Brian Patrick Duggan ; foreword by Paul L. Hedren.
- Publisher
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Dogs in our world
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-329) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1849-1877
- Added Author
- Hedren, Paul L., writer of foreword.
- Research Call Number
- JFF 19-1837