Evan Connell is primarily known as a novelist — Mrs. Bridge, Mr. Bridge, et al — but he’s kind of a journeyman American letters guy who was interesting in a lot of different stories, ideas, histories, and places. This popular history of George Custer fits right along those. Custer occupies a curious spot in American history and speaks to some specific contrasts in American culture, if not straight up paradoxes or antimonies. Something that is often lost (at least to me) is the Custer stories […]
Son of the Morning Star: General Custer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn
Son of the Morning Star by Evan S Connell