Elizabeth Bacon Custer and the Making of a Myth
| Author/creator | Leckie, Shirley A. Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Norman : University of Oklahoma Press |
| Description | 444 p. ill 09.000 x 06.000 in. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Summary | Annotation <div><p>Georger Armstrong Custer’s death in 1876 at the Battle of the Little Big Horn left Elizabeth Bacon Custer a thirty-four-year-old widow who was deeply in debt. By the time she died fifty-seven years later she had achieved economic security, recognition as an author and lecturer, and the respect of numerous public figures. She had built the Custer legend, an idealized image of her husband as a brilliant military commander and a family man without personal failings. In Elizabeth Bacon Custer and the Making of a Myth, Shirley A. Leckie explores the life of "Libbie," a frontier army wife who willingly adhered to the social and religious restrictions of her day, yet used her authority as model wife and widow to influence events and ideology far beyond the private sphere.</p><p> </p></div> |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 92050717 |
| ISBN | 9780806130965 |
| ISBN | 0806130962 (Trade Paper) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9780806130965 |
| Stock number | 00027344 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |