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General Custer, Libbie Custer and Their Dogs : a Passion for Hounds, from the Civil War to Little Bighorn

Title
  1. 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.
Published by
  1. Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]
Author
  1. Duggan, Brian Patrick, 1953-

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Additional authors
  1. Hedren, Paul L.
Description
  1. xv, 345 pages : illustrations, maps; 26 cm.
Summary
  1. "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
  1. Dogs in our world
Subject
  1. Custer, George A. 1839-1876
  2. Custer, Elizabeth Bacon, 1842-1933
  3. 1849-1877
  4. Dog owners > United States > Biography
  5. Women dog owners > United States > Biography
  6. Dog owners
  7. Women dog owners
  8. United States > History > 1849-1877
  9. United States
Genre/Form
  1. Biography.
  2. History.
  3. Biographies.
Contents
  1. 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
  1. JFF 19-1837
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-329) and index.
Author
  1. Duggan, Brian Patrick, 1953- author.
Title
  1. 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
  1. Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Series
  1. Dogs in our world
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-329) and index.
Chronological term
  1. 1849-1877
Added author
  1. Hedren, Paul L., writer of foreword.
LCCN
  1. 2018050894
ISBN
  1. 9781476669540 (softcover : alk. paper)
  2. 1476669546
Research call number
  1. JFF 19-1837
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