The Battle of the Washita or Custer’s Massacre? (Pamphlet)
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Description
Editor: Taunton, Francis B.
Publisher: The English Westerners’ Society (London)
Pub Date: 1972 (Reprint edition)
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Fair. Stapled binding tight. No marks, tears. folds. Lower front cover corner at spine foot has an approx. 1/2″ crease. Some edge and corner wear.
Notes: Pamphlet. The Brand Book, Vol. 15, No. 1 Publication No. 182. “Elmo Scott Watson and Don Russell Debate a Famous Victory and Discuss the Controversies that were its Aftermath” Originally published in 1948 as Volume V, No. 9 of the Chicago Westerners Brand Book. A debate about whether the Battle of the Washita (Nov. 27, 1868) was indeed a battle or a massacre. The debate–based on Custer’s own inflated casualty report, the approximate number of non-combatant deaths (including women and children), and reports from eyewitnesses–concludes “massacre.” RARE.
