Inventing Custer: The Making of an American Legend

[Diane Merkel]

Another book about Custer was recently published.

Two journalism professors at UT [University of Tennessee], Edward Caudill and Paul Ashdown, teamed up to co-author their new book, “Inventing Custer: The Making of an American Legend,” to crack the myth of Colonel Custer and to reveal the man hidden inside. . . .

To take on a story as well-known Colonel Custer's, the pair decided to find an angle no one had examined yet. They avoided looking directly at The Battle of Little Bighorn or pursuing a full biography.

In the end, the co-authors chose to examine how Custer became a legendary figure, both by his own hand, by the media and the American public. Custer’s self-promotion began with his writing — or, more accurately, his storytelling.

Article: www.utdailybeacon.com/arts_and_culture/article_1df6d184-671a-11e5-9797-c35070581e29.html

[Jas. Watson]

And Libbie had a lot to do with it. She made it her life's work.
During the Civil War he was probably the first 'photo bomber' too.

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