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Post by Bruce Robert on May 21, 2023 12:56:16 GMT -6
147 year old mystery solved, or how to sell yet another book about LBH/GG. "Death at the Little Bighorn: A New Look at Custer, His Tactics, and the Tragic Decisions Made at the Last" by Phillip Thomas Tucker. A "groundbreaking new book" (must be true, it says so in the book blurb). Custer was mortally wounded at ford B. Must be true, the author - and I use that term loosely - has a PHD.
It never ends, the BS that sleazy writers will turn to in order to sell books. No wonder there is still so much of the Libby lies hanging around.
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Post by logan on May 21, 2023 18:14:33 GMT -6
I’ve seen similar....new info, etc, but it didn’t match the value of the book. It was a buying trick.
Are we then to go after those who write books containing misinformation, as we might’ve done those who were telling lies in 1876 ?
Are we protecting history by fighting two fights..one in 1876 and another today....so much written that includes said misinformation ?
I’ve done it...it is exhausting....the amount of new publications exceeds the trying to correcting of such...too much is still accepted not questioned.
Myth is preferred to truth, else, so many works over the last century plus would be null and void if true facts were believed.
No way would a century plus of opinion be willingly negated due to real facts saying different...it’s much to lose...but about saving face too tbh
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Post by noggy on May 22, 2023 9:45:42 GMT -6
147 year old mystery solved, or how to sell yet another book about LBH/GG. "Death at the Little Bighorn: A New Look at Custer, His Tactics, and the Tragic Decisions Made at the Last" by Phillip Thomas Tucker. A "groundbreaking new book" (must be true, it says so in the book blurb). Custer was mortally wounded at ford B. Must be true, the author - and I use that term loosely - has a PHD.
It never ends, the BS that sleazy writers will turn to in order to sell books. No wonder there is still so much of the Libby lies hanging around.
Sounds reeeeeeally groundbreaking! Christ. And the use of the word "tragic" just straight away gives off the wrong signal; any academic should be weary to use such "leading" language. I wish someone would write about how the battle was WON, and how a tragedy was prevented when the warriors saved their families from a bunch of Colt-wielding soldiers. That would probably give some people a few more grey hairs. All the best, Noggy |
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Post by herosrest on May 23, 2023 9:08:31 GMT -6
logan, The history is what people make it, and particularly those with skin, or family, in the game. The principal players had and have guardians. Angels, if you like, hovering over the reputations and lineage in modern light. It shouldn't irk but most certainly should be an awareness when contemplating these twists and turns. I first encountered this with really wicked despises of Custer's wife. I found that interesting and hell..... let's see what's going on. It's a very narrow spectrum of interests across the principal family's shifting the donkey's tail. Custer's command were destroyed because the horses were run off. That happened while they were out on a limb because Reno disengaged in the valley and Benteen could not reinforce him there. It doesn't matter how many lala versions of events that authors drill into public consciousness, if you are a subordinate commander told to open an attack, you damn well do it and hold your ground - not scamper off after 10 minutes like Reno. He threw a joker into a busted flush. What is unfortunate is that he did not urgently communicate his setback to his CO. He is therefore quite entitled to be considered as Custer's murderer - this because he was quite likely to be courtmartialled by Custer, Keogh and Yates, had they survived. Had Capt. Custer made it back then Reno would simply have been a battle fatality. Patterson Hughes fought Terry's corner by letting the other three, Custer, Reno and Benteen, gain the limelight and spites. Hughes eventually blew up in 1890 and then actually took on Miles about the history. It is what it is and all realms of media are bent to it. Myself, I simply hunt for a horse in a tree these days and that always sorts stuff out. The campaign was a political and military disaster. Nelson A. Miles turned that around. It's a funny old World and so are U.S. Generals. I think the Brits are a li'l more leniant about skeleton's in the cupboard. I mean, Henry VIII for example. Any modern interpretation is serial killer. Aaaagh..... now Old Henry...... ooooh...... Pass the post! |
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Post by Yan Taylor on May 23, 2023 12:49:59 GMT -6
Once I ate a full box of those in one evening, you could smell the mint on me for days  Ian |
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Post by Bruce Robert on Jun 3, 2023 22:20:44 GMT -6
147 year old mystery solved, or how to sell yet another book about LBH/GG. "Death at the Little Bighorn: A New Look at Custer, His Tactics, and the Tragic Decisions Made at the Last" by Phillip Thomas Tucker. A "groundbreaking new book" (must be true, it says so in the book blurb). Custer was mortally wounded at ford B. Must be true, the author - and I use that term loosely - has a PHD.
It never ends, the BS that sleazy writers will turn to in order to sell books. No wonder there is still so much of the Libby lies hanging around.
Sounds reeeeeeally groundbreaking! Christ. And the use of the word "tragic" just straight away gives off the wrong signal; any academic should be weary to use such "leading" language. I wish someone would write about how the battle was WON, and how a tragedy was prevented when the warriors saved their families from a bunch of Colt-wielding soldiers. That would probably give some people a few more grey hairs. All the best, Noggy I think you have a best seller there. |
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Post by noggy on Jun 5, 2023 0:53:28 GMT -6
Sounds reeeeeeally groundbreaking! Christ. And the use of the word "tragic" just straight away gives off the wrong signal; any academic should be weary to use such "leading" language. I wish someone would write about how the battle was WON, and how a tragedy was prevented when the warriors saved their families from a bunch of Colt-wielding soldiers. That would probably give some people a few more grey hairs. All the best, Noggy I think you have a best seller there. Thank God, this will be my ticket out of my mundane job! |
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Post by Yan Taylor on Jun 5, 2023 3:42:27 GMT -6
Can I be your manager Geir  Ian |
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Post by mikerobel on Jun 5, 2023 5:54:19 GMT -6
I read all of the three books that author has written, only because they were all on Kindle Unlimited so I didn't really have to buy them. He is a terrible writer, just repeats point after point after point in long rambling sentences. If Amazon let me use negative numbers for reviews on a scale of -10 to +10, I'd give him a -100. DO NOT BUY ANY OF HIS BOOKS.
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Post by herosrest on Jun 5, 2023 13:08:10 GMT -6
Too late.............  I will say that brilliant authors can write terribly. Not the case here though. It is tediously difficult to refresh the theme, find something new, or provide entertainment and especially when there are truly knowledgable researchers and authors invested in the topic. I'm still waiting for someone to pen a 200 page classic on..... 'Custer's Boots'. Does anyone know his shoe size? |
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I will say that brilliant authors can write terribly. Not the case here though. It is tediously difficult to refresh the theme, find something new, or provide entertainment and especially when there are truly knowledgable researchers and authors invested in the topic. I'm still waiting for someone to pen a 200 page classic on..... 'Custer's Boots'. Does anyone know his shoe size?