Tenting on the Plains

by Elizabeth Bacon Custer
Category: "U.S. History - Military"
Pages:402
Year of Publication:1895
Date Added:08/28/2008
Date Read:09/30/2014
Notes:Memoirs of Libbie Custer, wife of General George Armstrong Custer. This book covers the years immediately following the Civil War when Libbie followed her husband as he led a troop into Texas and then campaigned in Kansas. It includes her own memories, those of her maid Eliza and a history of the Seventh Cavalry during this stretch of time.
My Rating: 7

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Review - Tenting on the Plains

Libbie had a rather florid writing style, but I couldn't help liking her as she described her adventures. I imagine that, in real life, she was more hardy than she let on.

Reviewed by Roger on 2014-09-30 18:11:06

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