Custer (book)

Custer is a 2012 non-fiction American book by Larry McMurtry on George Armstrong Custer that was published by Simon & Schuster. It is a companion piece to McMurtry's earlier biography on Crazy Horse.^[1][2]

Custer

Author	Larry McMurtry
Language	English
Publisher	Simon & Schuster
Publication date	2012
Publication place	United States
Media type	Book
Pages	192
ISBN	9781451626216

Reception

The Los Angeles Review of Books wrote "Custer seems like the character McMurtry never got around to writing, which is one reason why the writer’s glancing treatment of the man in this book is so disappointing... The writer is so concerned with being succinct that he downplays the essentials."^[3]

Kirkus wrote "this effort is best understood as an informed commentary on the dashing cavalry officer and on the Custer moment... A few of McMurtry’s observations are not especially interesting (the author’s own encounters with the Crow and Cheyenne tribes), and some wander off topic (Sitting Bull’s passion for Annie Oakley), but many offer fresh insights on the Custer story."^[4]