“All is fair in love, war, and horsetrades, so I adapted myself to the customs of the country.”

Elizabeth B. Custer. Tenting on the Plains or General Custer in Kansas and Texas. Charles L. Webster & Company, 1889.

8vo. Frontispiece portrait with facsimile inscription, illustrated, maps, plates. Publisher’s original illustrated and gilt “Shoulder Strap” green cloth, spine gilt-lettered. Second edition. Eberstadt 105:101; 122:86.  

A beautiful edition of Libbie Custer's (1842-1933) second memoir of her late husband, George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876). Published as a part of Charles L. Webster & Company's Union General memoir collection, the work documents the excursions of Custer and his soldiers in the 7th Cavalry throughout Kansas and Texas after the Civil War. Libbie, who accompanied George through much of his military career, was instrumental in crafting his legacy as a Western hero through this account and her other works. 

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