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Boots and saddles : or, Life in Dakota with General Custer /

"Boots and Saddles" is in reality a bright and sunny sketch of the life of Mrs. Custer's late husband, Gen. George A. Custer, who fell at the battle of the Little Big Horn. Readers will find a first-hand account of her frontier life as a wife of a cavalry officer on the plains

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Custer, Elizabeth Bacon, 1842-1933
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Scituate, Mass. : Digital Scanning, 1999.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • BOOTS AND SADDLES
  • PREFACE.
  • CONTENTS.
  • CHAPTER I.
  • CHANGE OF STATION.
  • CHAPTER II.
  • A BLIZZARD.
  • CHAPTER III.
  • WESTERN HOSPITALITY.
  • CHAPTER IV.
  • CAVALRY ON THE MARCH.
  • CHAPTER V.
  • CAMPING AMONG THE SIOUX.
  • CHAPTER VI.
  • A VISIT TO THE VILLAGE OF "TWO BEARS."
  • CHAPTER VII.
  • ADVENTURES DURING THE LAST DAYS OF THE MARCH.
  • CHAPTER VIII.
  • SEPARATION AND REUNION.
  • CHAPTER IX.
  • OUR NEW HOME AT FORT LINCOLN.
  • CHAPTER X.
  • INCIDENTS OF EVERY-DAY LIFE.
  • CHAPTER XI.
  • THE BURNING OF OUR QUARTERS.-CARRYING THE MAIL.
  • CHAPTER XII.
  • PERPLEXITIES AND PLEASURES OF DOMESTIC LIFE.
  • CHAPTER XIII.
  • A "STRONG HEART "DANCE!
  • CHAPTER XIV.
  • GARRISON LIFE.
  • CHAPTER XV.
  • GENERAL CUSTER'S LITERARY WORK.
  • CHAPTER XVI.
  • INDIAN DEPREDATIONS.
  • CHAPTER XVII.
  • A DAY OF ANXIETY AND TERROR.
  • CHAPTER XVIII.
  • IMPROVEMENTS AT THE POST, AND GARDENING.
  • CHAPTER XIX.
  • GENERAL CUSTER 'S LIBRARY.
  • CHAPTER XX.
  • THE SUMMER OF THE BLACK HILLS EXPEDITION
  • CHAPTER XXI.
  • DOMESTIC TRIALS.
  • CHAPTER XXII.
  • CAPTURE AND ESCAPE OF RAIN-IN-THE-FACE.
  • CHAPTER XXIII.
  • GARRISON AMUSEMENTS.
  • CHAPTER XXIV.
  • AN INDIAN COUNCIL.
  • CHAPTER XXV.
  • BREAKING UP OF THE MISSOURI.
  • CHAPTER XXVI.
  • CURIOUS CHARACTERS AND EXCURSIONISTS AMONG US.
  • CHAPTER XXVII.
  • RELIGIOUS SERVICES.-LEAVE OF ABSENCE.
  • CHAPTER XXVIII.
  • A WINTER 'S JOURNEY ACROSS THE PLAINS.
  • CHAPTER XXIX.
  • OUR LIFE 'S LAST CHAPTER.
  • APPENDIX.