"'When I was a kid, he was the hero,' said Philbrick. 'Because I had seen "They Died With Their Boots On," heroic portrayal. But then I think I was a freshman in high school and I saw "Little Big Man," in which Custer is the deranged maniac, a caricature almost of a Vietnam-era imperialist.'"
Mo Rocca on CBS Sunday Morning visits Montana to learn about Gen. G. A. Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
Sunday, June 18, 2017
"There's a Mystical Aura to It"
Labels:
1870s,
history,
Indian Wars,
military history,
Montana,
nineteenth century
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