Marching to Valhalla A Novel of Custer's Last Days - Blake, Michael

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Marching to Valhalla A Novel of Custer's Last Days by Blake, Michael Format: Hardcover with Dust JacketPublished by Villard, 1996 In Marching to Valhalla, Blake turns his storytell er's eye on George Armstrong Custer, West Pointer, youngest Union general of the Civil War, horseman, passionate lover, explorer, ardent husband, and, most famously, Indian hunter. In Blake's pages, Custer emerges as a dashing, driven soldier, suspicious of his friends, respectful of his enemies, and ever unable to feel quite alive in the civilian world. Composed in the form of Custer's journal, Marching to Valhalla is an impeccable merging of fact and fiction, a powerful evocation of our bloody past, and a tribute to the endurance of a human heart facing adversity and disaster. A masterpiece of the Old West, Michael Blake's novel is a tragic romance that reveals a Custer never before imagined, and lets us finally contemplate the twisting, uncharted paths to glory and doom.Product image is for illustration purposes only and may not be an exact representation of the product offered for sale. Show more