FIRST EDITION Hardback. Dust jacket in very good condition. Pages clean and crisp held by a tight binding. Very nice copy!
 
General Custer's ill-fated attack on a huge encampment of Plains Indians in 1876 has gone down as the most disastrous defeat in American military history. Much less understood is how disastrous the encounter was for the "victors". Within 15 years, no American Indians resided outside of reservations. Here is Welch's poignant resurrection of the Indian side of the story. 75 illustrations.