BOOTS AND SADDLES - 1885 FIRST EDITION - GENERAL GEORGE CUSTER

Description: BOOTS AND SADDLES or LIFE IN DAKOTA WITH GENERAL CUSTER BY ELIZABETH B. CUSTER FIRST EDITION NEAR FINE CONDITION PROTECTED IN A CLEAR, MYLAR DUST JACKET Original, Clean, Bright, Solidly-Bound, Antique Book Handsome Frontispiece Portrait of Custer Attractive Cover Design Featuring Cavalry Bugle and Music HANDSOMELY PUBLISHED BY HARPER AND BROTHERS PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK, IN 1885 Of life at an army camp on the plains in the days of the Indian wars, of General Custer and his family and his men, this book stands as a classic. This book handsome, First Edition book contains the insightful description of garrison and camp life by the wife of George Armstrong Custer. Due to the isolation of the Calvary posts she says they often felt as separate from the rest of the world as if they had been living on a desert island. She also answers questions that were often posed to her concerning their occupations, amusements and housekeeping. General George Custer was ordered to the Dakotas in the spring of 1873 and Elizabeth Custer's Boots and Saddles (the title comes from the bugle call for the cavalry to mount) chronicles their life until the general's death in 1876. A counterpoint to the purely military memoir, her account provides details about everyday garrison life at Fort Abraham Lincoln, including sketches of townspeople, Indians, camp followers, and soldiers, as well as daily routines, and special amusements. The Custer’s lived in the Dakotas when it was still the "Wild West" and western legends such as Buffalo Bill and Rain in the Face also stride through the pages of this book. Courage, grit, compassion, and humor...Elizabeth Custer had them all, and they are evident here. Boots and Saddles is one of the few books of military life in the 1800's from a woman's perspective and invaluable for that reason alone, but it is doubly important for the light it sheds on George Custer. Fun reading as well! THIS BOOK IS IN NEAR FINE CONDITION This is a scarce, original, First Edition book. The book is protected in a clear, Mylar dust jacket (see photo #3). Bound in brown cloth with embossed lettering and the image of a bugle and music on the cover, the book is in great overall condition. The exterior is clean with no bumping and with light rubbing. The binding is solid throughout the book; it has no looseness or lean and both hinges are solid, but the front hinge a nicely repaired papercrack. The pages are clean and have no writing or markings except for remains of writing that was erased on the front end page, and "No. 41" on one page in the book. The book has a touch of light foxing on some pages, but most are fine. The book has no stamps or pasteboards. It is not an ex-library book. The book comes with a frontispiece of Custer as well as a map of his area of operation. An nice, solidly bound, original, First Edition book. Track Page Views WithAuctiva's Counter

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