Senin, 12 Juni 2017

American History Book Review: Custer

Custer By Larry McMurtry, Simon & Schuster Larry McMurtry, who won the Pulitzer Prize for his sprawling novel Lonesome Dove, admits that his slim new biography of George Armstrong Custer is no rival for Evan S. Connell’s masterful 1984 Son of the Morning Star. After all, Connell’s 448-page study became a critically acclaimed best seller, …

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