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Post by dave on Mar 19, 2020 10:14:11 GMT -6
Well Gary, now you are hooked! Strategy will make you reread it and use a yellow marker all over the pages. You can not keep it pristine as you will go back and forth 'tween chapters and mark the maps! Get your money's worth and enjoy. Now you need to save your pennies becasue Fred has finished his description of the Valley fight where Reno's world was upended and his battalion lost all cohesion. His new book, A Skirmish of Shadows, will be published by McFarland and their web site is listed below. I am unsure of the issue date as this scourge of COVID-19. There is a thread dedicated to the Skirmish book and that is below also. I sincerley hope your journey of studying The Little Bighorn is as enjoyable as mine has. Regards David lbha.proboards.com/thread/5466/valley-book-update?page=3mcfarlandbooks.com/
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Post by fred on Mar 21, 2020 7:32:03 GMT -6
I know I'm late to the party, but just finished reading "Strategy" and had to comment.... That brings me to "The Strategy of Defeat at the Little Big Horn. What a great way to relight the fire for the battle. The first thing this book did, was it forced me to take an honest look at Custer, Benteen and Reno and their responsibilities related to the battle. I don't remember a book having that kind of an impact on me before. Thanks for opening my eyes!... Now that I'm finished, it's time to reread, highlight, dive into the footnotes, break out my dictionary and learn even more. Thanks for throwing gas on the fire. Chuck Chuck, Thank you for your very kind words. I appreciate your comments very much. While I am rather pleased with the reception Strategy has received, the book is actually incomplete. Because of space and size restrictions by the publisher, I wound up writing three "companion" pieces that go into considerably more detail about the fighting in the Keogh Sector; George Custer's seeming hiatus on Cemetery Ridge; and the adventures of the Crow scout, Curley. All of those expand the details contained in the book, so if you can scrounge up the articles, you will have a more complete picture of the first day's fighting. As for your interest in the "marker map," there are a couple maps out there, but none are very good and they are all confusing and completely inaccurate... and that includes the map overlays done by the archaeologists. Unless this coronavirus business continues and is not nipped fairly soon, I am scheduled to go out to the battlefield again in early summer. I am working on a project with a member of this site-- a retired Army brigadier general and college engineering professor-- to map out those markers; number them properly; identify the spurious markers; and then attach a name to every single marker that remains where we believe someone fell. Of course, much of the latter is strictly guesswork-- by "Dart Board Theory," as I call it-- but I have come to the conclusion there is just enough evidence to be reasonably certain of some 32.9% of the names. So, if our June trip needs to be postponed, we will of necessity have to delay that project. Eventually, it should be a very interesting exercise. Anyway, thank you again for the kind words about Strategy. Much appreciated. Best wishes, Fred.
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Post by fred on Mar 21, 2020 7:34:37 GMT -6
Well Gary, now you are hooked! Strategy will make you reread it and use a yellow marker all over the pages. You can not keep it pristine as you will go back and forth 'tween chapters and mark the maps! Get your money's worth and enjoy. Now you need to save your pennies becasue Fred has finished his description of the Valley fight where Reno's world was upended and his battalion lost all cohesion. His new book, A Skirmish of Shadows, will be published by McFarland and their web site is listed below. I am unsure of the issue date as this scourge of COVID-19. There is a thread dedicated to the Skirmish book and that is below also. Dave, As always, thank you for your always kind words. Please stay well and avoid this virus. The world cannot afford to lose good people like you. Very best wishes, Fred.
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