{"title":"Alfred Howe Terry","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"light-bearers-book-alfred-howe-terry-9780243253463","title":"The Light Bearers","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49508399415569,"sku":"GOR013147851","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/024325346X.jpg?v=1750780171"},{"product_id":"terry-diary-book-general-alfred-howe-terry-9781519036452","title":"The Terry Diary","description":"In the summer of 1876, Brigadier General Alfred H. Terry led the column whose campaign ended in the catastrophe on the Little Bighorn, where George Armstrong Custer and 261 men of the 7th Cavalry were killed. In the terrible days that followed, it was Terry's troops who reached the battlefield, counted the dead, and sent the first official reports east.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Terry Diary\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e presents, in one volume: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeneral Terry's complete \u003cb\u003eofficial report\u003c\/b\u003e on the campaign and the Battle of the Little Bighorn\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHis \u003cb\u003eday-by-day field diary\u003c\/b\u003e, kept in the saddle and in camp from mid-May through August 1876\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eWritten in Terry's own hand as events unfolded, this diary is a rare, unfiltered primary source from the senior commander on the scene. Here you will see: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTerry's candid impressions of Custer, Reno, and Benteen on campaign\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOrders given, orders ignored, and the mounting frustration as columns lose contact\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe shock of learning of Custer's destruction, and Terry's reaction on reaching the battlefield\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDaily details of marches, scouts, supply problems, Indian movements, and command decisions that never appear in later memoirs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eFor readers of Custer, the Indian Wars, and western military history, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Terry Diary\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e fills a crucial gap. This is not hindsight, excuse, or legend-it is the immediate voice of the man in overall command, going about his work before, during, and after one of the most studied battles in American history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf you want to understand what the Yellowstone Expedition really looked and felt like from the top, and how the Little Bighorn was seen by the officer responsible for the campaign, this is the source you've been missing.\u003cbr\u003eAdd \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Terry Diary\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e to your library and experience the Little Bighorn campaign through the eyes of General Alfred H. Terry himself.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51816905638161,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51816905900305,"sku":"CIN1519036450VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51821377814801,"sku":"CIN1519036450G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52750208696593,"sku":"NIN9781519036452","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781519036452.jpg?v=1753684891"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-alfred-howe-terry.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}