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First Edition Custer's Life on the Plains

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Title: My Life on the Plains. or, Personal Experiences with Indians
Author: Custer, G.A.
Description: 256 pp. Illustrated with 8 wood-engraved plates, including the portrait frontispiece (with follows the copyright-page). 9x5¾, original brown cloth decorated in black, lettered in gilt, gilt vignette of buffalo head on front cover. First Edition.Tal Luther notes in Custer High Spots that "Custer wrote in an entertaining style and although Benteen referred to this book as `My Lie on the Plain,' we still list it as High Spot 7." Covers Custer's experience as a cavalry officer exploring the wild plains of Kansas. Dustin 81; Graff 961; Howes C981; Luther 7.
Heading: Place Published: New York
Publisher: Sheldon and Company
Date Published: 1874