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[[File:Custer's_Trials.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px|<i>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307475948/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0307475948&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=6eccf2096dd4cf86ddbb7879b2b7f0e1 Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of American]</i>]]<i>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307475948/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0307475948&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=6eccf2096dd4cf86ddbb7879b2b7f0e1 Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of American]</i> by T.J. Stiles (Alfred A. Knopf, 2015)Custer is one of the most debated and controversial 19th century American military leaders. Stiles attempts to better understand a complicated man and shatter the mythology that has surrounded him. Stiles book shows that Custer helped shaped an era that he often struggled to adapt to. <i>Custer's Trials</i> was the winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for history.The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery, by Eric Foner (W.W. Norton & Company)
A well-orchestrated examination of Lincoln's changing views of slavery, bringing unforeseeable twists and a fresh sense of improbability to a familiar story.
Marching Home: Union Veterans and Their Unending Civil War, by Brian Matthew Jordan (Liveright/Norton)
