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The last stand

by Edwin P. Hoyt · 1995

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A novel on George Armstrong Custer, the general chosen by the U.S. government to solve the Indian problem and vanquished by them. The novel portrays Custer as an arrogant and brutal man, disliked by his troops, his military ability overblown.

Genre
war and militarywar and militaryMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thiswesternwesternMore like thisLess of this
Themes
Native AmericanNative AmericanMore like thisLess of thiswarwarMore like thisLess of this
Setting
frontierfrontierMore like thisLess of thisMontanaMontanaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 316 pages

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