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Post by George Armstrong Custer on Jun 13, 2005 7:32:39 GMT -6
Hello Diane,
If you have access to it, would it be possible for you to scan and post the following:
Lawrence A. Frost: Custer's Sabers - An Answer, in Little Bighorn Associates Research Review, Vol. VIII, No. 3, 1981.
Would be most grateful for your assistance on this.
Regards,
George
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Post by Diane Merkel on Jun 14, 2005 9:05:00 GMT -6
GAC, You have presented me with a dilemma. That article was in the Fall 1974 Research Review which is out of print and still under copyright protection. Our policy is to furnish out of print articles to LBHA members only. I have posted it online, and it can be accessed at www.lbha.org/Sales/outofprint.htm. Readers of this thread will need the password Custer to open it. However, if I receive a complaint, it will be limited to viewing by LBHA members only. Diane |
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Post by George Armstrong Custer on Jun 14, 2005 12:18:29 GMT -6
Diane,
Many thanks for making the LBHARR article accessible - despite the wrong issue year being given in my request (this came from the bibliography in Connell).
There are a couple of points in the article which are very interesting - particularly regarding the Roby saber and the letter regarding the forwarding of Custer's sword - and I'm indebted to you for making it available.
Regards,
George
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Post by Diane Merkel on Jun 14, 2005 16:36:20 GMT -6
You are very welcome, GAC. I have complete listings of all articles, photos, and artwork in all LBHA publications, so it was no problem finding it.
I have removed the printing restriction from the article. I would suggest that everyone print a copy or save it to your hard drive in case I have to remove it.
Enjoy!
Diane
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Post by Leyton McLean CSA on Jun 14, 2005 20:52:03 GMT -6
To the Ginril et., al.,--
Thanks for the Frost article--again. I had been filled with such misinformation about the so-called Toledo blade. I had heard it was over ten pounds in weight, though I have seen it at the LBH Visitor Centre! Now from what I understand, it was this blade that was featured in "Glory Hunter;" Custer supposedly 'freed' it from a Confederate officer--his first kill. Van De Water goes into great, horrifying detail that GAC shot the guy in the back and was proudly unemotional about the death. Whatever.
On a fictional note, I do have a female, quite slight of frame, handling the Toledo blade during the course of one of my stories--only to find it too difficult to hold. Am I totally wrong in this kind of assumption? Was two pounds, nearly nine ounces that heavy?
Regards,
Leyton McLean
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