A TERRIBLE GLORY CUSTER

A Terrible Glory Custer and the Little Bighorn by James Donovan

A Terrible Glory Custer and the Little Bighorn James Donovan

Context

Period

This book talks about the 1876 massacre of Custer and his army against the U.S. troops at a hill called the Little Big Horn. The book depicts the mysteries of the “civil war area”.

Book Subject

The main theme and the subject of the book is to uncover and explore the mysteries of the U.S. military army and tells us stories about the massacre which the U.S. army lost. It is also based on the details of the U.S. army cover-up. It is contended that the underlying projections of the U.S. army as covered in the Hollywood flicks, does not provide a glittering image as they seem to be. In fact, Donovan's image of the army men is eye-opening and very disappointing, revelaing many truths about the true picture of these cavalrymen. This book makes it easier to understand the interactions of Washington DC, the US Army, civilians and the native Americans.

Author

The book is penned down by James Donovan. Jaems is an inspirational author and the stories he craetes, inspires the entire humanity to give their best efforst in creating a life of their choice. Beyond simple inspiration and motivation, Jim provides people with workable strategies that enable them to take charge of their own destiny and reach their full potential. This book was released in march 2008.

The Battle of the Little Bighorn

The Battle of the Little Bighorn is remembered because it was the first and only time that the Plain Indians completely defeated the US army in a battle. The Plains Indians called it The Battle of the Greasy Grass because much of the fighting was done on the damp ground near the Little Bighorn River (which the Plains Indians called the Greasy Grass River). This is cited by tehm as one of the reasons they lost the battle, while in actual, it was the hard work and trails of the Indians that made them loose.

Why did it happen?

The Black Hills of Dakota were part of a Great Sioux Reservation, land that the US government had guaranteed to the largest Plains tribe. The Black Hills were sacred to the Sioux. The discovery of gold in the Black Hills led to such a gold rush that the government could neither keep the miners out nor protect them from attacks from the Plains Indians. Once again the whites broke their promises to the Plains tribes. Throughout the 19th century the white Americans made a series of promises to the Plains Indians. All of the promises were broken when it was convenient to do so. One Plains Indian observed; 'they broke all their promises but one. They promised to take our land and they did so.'

Selling their sacred land was not an option for the Plains Indians. Red Cloud, a leading Sioux chief, did offer to sell the Black Hills to the USA for $600 million, but ...