Glory-Hunter: A Life of General Custer

by Frederic F. Van de Water, Paul Andrew Hutton (Introduction)

"All his life, he rode after Glory," writers Frederic F. Van de Water of George Armstrong Custer. Ironically, he found it at the Battle of the Little Big Horn. In his introduction to this edition, Paul Andrew Hutton considers the importance of Glory-Hunter , which appeared in 1934 as the first biography to depict Custer in unheroic terms.

Genres: Biography

408 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1934

Reviews

[Drpsychorat · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book, obviously written by a Benteen and anti-Custer group supporter, was not as deeply prejudiced as I feared. Even though he let his heroes shine through subtle omissions, he still stuck mostly to the facts. His portrait of Custer is necessarily adolescent because of his deep seated antiCuster prejudice- however, it was subdued when compared with Benteen’s vindictive hatred of Custer.

[Cathy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Started out with too much war detail for my tastes, but got better as it went. I learned a lot about the treatment of the Indians during Custer's time.