TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mueller,James E.
TI  - Shooting arrows and slinging mud: Custer, the press, and the Little Bighorn 
SN  - 9780806143989
AV  - E83.876 .M85 2013
U1  - 973.8/2 23
PY  - 2013///]
CY  - Norman
PB  - University of Oklahoma Press
KW  - Custer, George A.
KW  - Black Hills War (1876-1877)
KW  - fast
KW  - Little Bighorn, Battle of the (Montana : 1876)
KW  - Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876
KW  - Black Hills War, 1876-1877
KW  - Press coverage
KW  - Journalists
KW  - War correspondents
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Journalism
KW  - Montana
KW  - Printed books
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Oklahoma
KW  - Norman
KW  - Specimens
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -