Still Standing: Surviving Custer's Last Battle - Part 1

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Judith Gotwald. Still Standing: Surviving Custer's Last Battle - Part 1

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1. Indian Summer

Chapter 2. Michigan Farm Boys

Chapter 3. The Appointment

Chapter 4. Glory Kept Waiting

Chapter 5. The Canal

Chapter 6. Manhattan

Chapter 7. Reconstruction

Chapter 8. Fort Abraham Lincoln

Chapter 9. Little Big Horn

Chapter 10. Return to Monroe

Chapter 11. The Wild West

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Life is change. Every decade or so a man or woman of exceptional character and personality crosses life’s stage. When he or she, however rarely, lives to old age, one can sometimes dissect his or her life into chapters of change. History influences lifestyles, preferences, and politics. Change unfolds individually and socially. The segregationist can find himself within a few decades embracing Civil Rights. The warrior accustomed to settling disputes with force can become the distinguished statesman.

And then there are the Alexanders and Mozarts, geniuses at one thing or another, who live short memorable lives recorded and remembered without the seasoning of age. Historians can only wonder how history might have changed if such lives had not been cut short.

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“We must prepare to fight,” the oldest boy said. His comment ended the boys’ gossiping and the boys were suddenly alert.

There was much to do and each boy thought back to his childhood dreams of manhood and chose a role to play. While the village stood watch over Conquering Bear, they would get ready. The war paint would be mixed, the ponies prepared. This was their turn to face glory for the first time.

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