Nomad : : George A. Custer in Turf, Field, and Farm /

Nomad : : George A. Custer in Turf, Field, and Farm / / ed. by Brian W. Dippie.

Between 1867 and 1875, George Armstrong Custer contributed fifteen letters under the apt pseudonym Nomad to the New York-based sportsman's journal Turf, Field and Farm. Previously available only in a collector's typescript edition, the Nomad letters offer valuable insight into the characte...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2000
MitwirkendeR:
Bruce, S. D.,
HerausgeberIn:
Dippie, Brian W.,
Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
©1980
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • INTRODUCTION
  • I. KANSAS, 1867: “This life is new to most of us”
  • 1. “On the Plains” SEPTEMBER 9, 1867
  • 2. “On the Plains” SEPTEMBER 29, 1867
  • 3. “On the Plains” OCTOBER 26, 1867
  • 4. “On the Plains” NOVEMBER 11, 1
  • 5. “On the Plains” DECEMBER 15, 1867
  • XX “The plains were dear to u s . . . ”
  • 6. “On the Plains” SEPTEMBER 12, 1869
  • EDITORIAL NOTE “The Hunt on the Plains)) SEPTEMBER 24,1869
  • 7. “The Hunt on the Plains" NOVEMBER 8, 1869
  • 8. “On the Plains’’ SEPTEMBER 24, 1870
  • III. KENTUCKY, 1871-1873: “. . .nothing but horse, horse, horse”
  • 9. “Nomad in the Blue Grass Country— The Famous Breeding Studs" NOVEMBER 26, 1871
  • 10. “Nomad’with the Blue Grassonians” [AUGUST 1872]
  • 11. “The Kentucky Association” [OCTOBER 1872]
  • 12. “Nomad’ Makes Some Good Suggestions” [NOVEMBER 1872]
  • 13. “Nomad’cm the Louisiana JockeyClub —Anecdote of Lexington” [JANUARY 1873]
  • IV DAKOTA TERRITORY, 1873-1375 . . into the field again”
  • 14. “Letter from‘Nomad’ ” [OCTOBER 1873]
  • 15. “Letter from ‘Nomad’ ” AUGUST 23, 1875
  • NOTES
  • INDEX

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