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1 online resource (ii, 314 pages) : illustrations, map |
Contents |
BOOTS AND SADDLES -- PREFACE. -- CONTENTS. -- CHAPTER I. -- CHANGE OF STATION. -- CHAPTER II. -- A BLIZZARD. -- CHAPTER III. -- WESTERN HOSPITALITY. -- CHAPTER IV. -- CAVALRY ON THE MARCH. -- CHAPTER V. -- CAMPING AMONG THE SIOUX. -- CHAPTER VI. -- A VISIT TO THE VILLAGE OF "TWO BEARS." -- CHAPTER VII. -- ADVENTURES DURING THE LAST DAYS OF THE MARCH. -- CHAPTER VIII. -- SEPARATION AND REUNION. -- CHAPTER IX. -- OUR NEW HOME AT FORT LINCOLN. -- CHAPTER X. -- INCIDENTS OF EVERY-DAY LIFE. -- CHAPTER XI. -- THE BURNING OF OUR QUARTERS.-CARRYING THE MAIL. -- CHAPTER XII |
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PERPLEXITIES AND PLEASURES OF DOMESTIC LIFE. -- CHAPTER XIII. -- A "STRONG HEART "DANCE! -- CHAPTER XIV. -- GARRISON LIFE. -- CHAPTER XV. -- GENERAL CUSTER'S LITERARY WORK. -- CHAPTER XVI. -- INDIAN DEPREDATIONS. -- CHAPTER XVII. -- A DAY OF ANXIETY AND TERROR. -- CHAPTER XVIII. -- IMPROVEMENTS AT THE POST, AND GARDENING. -- CHAPTER XIX. -- GENERAL CUSTER 'S LIBRARY. -- CHAPTER XX. -- THE SUMMER OF THE BLACK HILLS EXPEDITION -- CHAPTER XXI. -- DOMESTIC TRIALS. -- CHAPTER XXII. -- CAPTURE AND ESCAPE OF RAIN-IN-THE-FACE. -- CHAPTER XXIII. -- GARRISON AMUSEMENTS. -- CHAPTER XXIV |
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AN INDIAN COUNCIL. -- CHAPTER XXV. -- BREAKING UP OF THE MISSOURI. -- CHAPTER XXVI. -- CURIOUS CHARACTERS AND EXCURSIONISTS AMONG US. -- CHAPTER XXVII. -- RELIGIOUS SERVICES.-LEAVE OF ABSENCE. -- CHAPTER XXVIII. -- A WINTER 'S JOURNEY ACROSS THE PLAINS. -- CHAPTER XXIX. -- OUR LIFE 'S LAST CHAPTER. -- APPENDIX |
Summary |
"Boots and Saddles" is in reality a bright and sunny sketch of the life of Mrs. Custer's late husband, Gen. George A. Custer, who fell at the battle of the Little Big Horn. Readers will find a first-hand account of her frontier life as a wife of a cavalry officer on the plains |
Notes |
Originally published: Boots and saddles, or, Life in Dakota with General Custer. New York: Harper & Brothers, [18--] |
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Subject |
Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876.
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Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876 fast |
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United States. Army -- Biography.
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United States. Army -- Military life.
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United States. Army fast |
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Generals -- Biography
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Frontier and pioneer life -- Dakota Territory
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
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Frontier and pioneer life
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Generals
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Armed Forces -- Military life
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United States -- Dakota Territory
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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ISBN |
1582181411 |
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9781582181417 |
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9781582181271 |
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1582181276 |
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