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Michael N. Donahue, author of DRAWING BATTLE LINES: The Map Testimony of Custer’s Last Fight has recently been added to the excellent 2008 Custer Celebration Event schedule of events. Donahue will speak on Saturday, October 4th. The time and location is still being determined.

From the back cover of the book: This book is unique in its description of Custer’s final fight at the Battle of Little Bighorn. This 400 page volume serves as a comprehensive pictorial view of the battle based on drawings and maps made by participants and researchers. No book like this has ever been published since the battle in 1876. Many of these maps have never been published, studied, or even viewed by the general public. The nationwide dispersal of these maps have made effective,
comparative research virtually impossible. Here we have a primary resource for all those interested in discussing the visual testimony and to recognize the significance of the maps.

This over-sized book is organized into four sections: SOLDIER, WARRIOR, CIVILIAN, & MISCELLANEOUS. It includes each mapmaker’s portrait (when available), biography, and battle testimony. Donahue has carefully analyzed each map providing a summary of its critical values and
flaws. Only original maps and sketches by eyewitnesses or second generation researchers who interviewed participants were used.

While this book might seem a cartographer’s delight, it is intended to create an accurate visual study guide and is more than a collection of maps. These literal battle lines were drawn by those who had direct knowledge of this tragic episode in our nations’s history and wished to tell their
story.

Cover art by artist/author Donahue who is chairman of the Temple College Art Department, Temple, Texas. He is also a Historical Interpreter & Park Ranger at Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, where he has served for 18 summers.

400 oversized pages including 19 colored maps, 98 black & white maps, 73 photos, & 6 drawings.
Published by Upton & Sons in a limted edition of 1,000 copies. ISBN 978-0-912783-45-1


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