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Forensic Evidence Creates New Insight into Custer’s Last Stand
Punctures Myth of Everyman Killed
History Publishing company has set January 2, 2010 as the publishing date for Custer Survivor which will bring to the reader, new insight into the battle at the Little Big Horn.
It is recorded in official government records that all members of the five companies accompanying Lt. Col. Custer in the attack on the Sioux and Cheyenne village were killed.
Forensic evidence reveals that one trooper, a sergeant in "C" Company of the 7th Cavalry, actually escaped the onslaught of Sioux and Cheyenne Indians at the great battle. John Koster, known for his strict adherence to detail, has tracked the man, his activity during the battle, his painful aftermath and the adventurous and prosperous life he subsequently led.
Koster has brought it all together in Custer Survivor. Forensic evidence establishes the reality.
It has been indicated by The Library of Congress that more books have been published about the battle at the Little Big Horn than any other battle involving American combatants. It is readily acknowledged that the action with the 7th Cavalry and the Sioux and Cheyenne has captured the American interest more than any other engagement in American history. John Koster in Custer Survivor, has important new data for the Custer reader and the historian.
Professor Louise Barnett, author of Touched by Fire a fellow of the Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis, Rutgers University, wrote the Introduction.
John Koster, the distinguished author of works dealing with the American Indian is known for his thorough knowledge of Native American history which has been translated into German, Czech, Russian and Japanese. His first book, The Road to Wounded Knee won the Sigma Delta Chi Award for Distinguished Public Service for his personal coverage and analytical research into the American Indian Movement. He has also written about American Indians for the British Marshall Cavendish syndicate and for the magazines Wild West, American Heritage and the British Magazine War Monthly.. His other works include articles on the American Civil War for Civil War Times illustrated..
Formerly an adjunct professor at Ramapo State College where he taught writing for publication, John Koster is fluent in German, French, Italian, Spanish and marginal Lakota. He is a Vietnam-era veteran of the U.S. Army.
Advanced reading copies to accredited reviewers will be available August 25.
Custer Survivor 9781933909035 published by Chronology Books imprint of History Publishing Company LLC, will be in bookstores nationally Jan. 2, 2010.
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Contact: Don Bracken tel. 845-398-8161, djb@historypublishingco.com
