Shooting arrows and slinging mud : Custer, the press, and the Little Bighorn /
Mueller, James E., 1960-
Shooting arrows and slinging mud : Custer, the press, and the Little Bighorn / James E. Mueller. - xii, 260 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-246) and index.
"So fit a death": Custer's Last Stand -- "Horrible!": the news shocks the nation -- "The blood of these brave men": assessing the blame for defeat -- "A little cheap political capital": the Little Bighorn and the presidential campaign -- "That old rebel spirit": the Hamburg Massacre bumps Custer off the front page -- "Asses who are braying for extermination": the Indians in Little Bighorn coverage -- "Custer's death was Sioux-icide": humor and the Little Bighorn -- "Duty and valor": the focus of Little Bighorn coverage.
The defeat of George Armstrong Custer and the Seventh Cavalry at the Battle of the Little Bighorn was big news in 1876. Newspaper coverage of the battle initiated hot debates about whether the United States government should change its policy toward American Indians and who was to blame for the army's loss -- the latter an argument that ignites passion to this day. Here, journalism professor James E. Mueller explores press coverage of the famous battle. As he analyzes a wide range of accounts -- some grim, some circumspect, some even laced with humor -- Mueller offers a unique take on the dramatic events that so shook the American public.
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Univ of Oklahoma Pr, 2800 Ventura Dr, Norman, OK, USA, 73069, (405)3253207 SAN 203-3194
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Custer, George A. 1839-1876.
Custer, George A. 1839-1876.
Black Hills War (1876-1877)
Little Bighorn, Battle of the (Montana : 1876)
1800-1899
Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876.
Black Hills War, 1876-1877--Press coverage.
Black Hills War, 1876-1877--Journalists.
War correspondents--History--United States--19th century.
Journalism--History--United States--19th century.
Journalism.
Journalists.
Press coverage.
War correspondents.
Montana.
United States.
Printed books--United States--Oklahoma--Norman--21st century--Specimens.
History.
E83.876 / .M85 2013
973.8/2
Shooting arrows and slinging mud : Custer, the press, and the Little Bighorn / James E. Mueller. - xii, 260 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-246) and index.
"So fit a death": Custer's Last Stand -- "Horrible!": the news shocks the nation -- "The blood of these brave men": assessing the blame for defeat -- "A little cheap political capital": the Little Bighorn and the presidential campaign -- "That old rebel spirit": the Hamburg Massacre bumps Custer off the front page -- "Asses who are braying for extermination": the Indians in Little Bighorn coverage -- "Custer's death was Sioux-icide": humor and the Little Bighorn -- "Duty and valor": the focus of Little Bighorn coverage.
The defeat of George Armstrong Custer and the Seventh Cavalry at the Battle of the Little Bighorn was big news in 1876. Newspaper coverage of the battle initiated hot debates about whether the United States government should change its policy toward American Indians and who was to blame for the army's loss -- the latter an argument that ignites passion to this day. Here, journalism professor James E. Mueller explores press coverage of the famous battle. As he analyzes a wide range of accounts -- some grim, some circumspect, some even laced with humor -- Mueller offers a unique take on the dramatic events that so shook the American public.
9780806143989 0806143983
40022969228
Univ of Oklahoma Pr, 2800 Ventura Dr, Norman, OK, USA, 73069, (405)3253207 SAN 203-3194
2013005670
Custer, George A. 1839-1876.
Custer, George A. 1839-1876.
Black Hills War (1876-1877)
Little Bighorn, Battle of the (Montana : 1876)
1800-1899
Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876.
Black Hills War, 1876-1877--Press coverage.
Black Hills War, 1876-1877--Journalists.
War correspondents--History--United States--19th century.
Journalism--History--United States--19th century.
Journalism.
Journalists.
Press coverage.
War correspondents.
Montana.
United States.
Printed books--United States--Oklahoma--Norman--21st century--Specimens.
History.
E83.876 / .M85 2013
973.8/2