Custer

by Will Henry

Hated by the Indians and feared by his own men, George Armstrong Custer will stop at nothing in his quest for personal glory, but he finds his most lasting fame in his final defeat--the Indians' greatest victory--at Little Big Horn.

Genres: Westerns

Unbound

First published August 1, 1999

About the author

Also wrote westerns as Clay Fisher.

Henry Wilson Allen (September 12, 1912 – October 26, 1991) was an American author and screenwriter. He used several different pseudonyms for his works. His 50+ novels of the American West were published under the pen names Will Henry and Clay Fisher. Allen's screenplays and scripts for animated shorts were credited to Heck Allen and Henry Allen.

Allen's career as a novelist began in 1952, with the publication of his first Western No Survivors. Allen, afraid that the studio would disapprove of his moonlighting, used a pen-name to avoid trouble.[3] He would go on to publish over 50 novels, eight of which were adapted for the screen. Most of these were published under one or the other of the pseudonyms Will Henry and Clay Fisher. Allen was a five-time winner of the Spur Award from the Western Writers of America and a recipient of the Levi Strauss Award for lifetime achievement.

Henry Wilson Allen was born in Kansas City, Missouri. Allen died of pneumonia on October 26, 1991 in Van Nuys, California. He was 79.

Reviews

[Mark Luongo · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is actually two novels written by the author who also wrote movie scripts. The novels are "Yellow Hair" (1953) and "Custer's Last Stand" (1966). The later is one of the first books I've ever bought on my own if memory serves. I think it was at a school book sale (P.S. 53?) and I still have it in my library! It was, and is, summer fun reading. I also think it was the basis for the movie "Custer of the West" starring Robert Shaw.

[Valerie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I thought it was a very interesting look at General Custer