“If time could have been measured by sensations, a cycle seemed to have passed in those few seconds. The Indians snatched up their guns, leaped upon their ponies, and prepared for attack. The officer with me was perfectly calm, spoke to them coolly without a change of voice, and rode quickly beside me, telling me to advance. My horse reared violently at first sight of the Indians, and started to run.”
Elizabeth Custer’s personal story, first published in 1885, of her life beside General Custer—a realistic and appealing account of a woman's life in the garrisons and camps of the United States Army in the very early West.
Author: Elizabeth B. Custer
Title: “Boots and Saddles” or, Life in Dakota with General Custer
Edition: The Western Frontier Library Edition, second printing
Published: Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1962
Physical Description: Hardcover; Octavo; 280p
Condition: Good condition dust jacket with edge wear & chipping, some foxing present, and toning—in new protector. Boards and spine very clean with edge wear, bumping to corners, and crushing at spine ends. Binding sturdy and square. Pages toned. Bookplate on front free end-paper.
Comments: Nice copy
