Marching to Valhalla
A Novel of Custer's Last Days

Marching to Valhalla: A Novel of Custer’s Last Days by Michael Blake (Villard Books 1996) (Fiction) (3556). The conceit employed here is that Custer kept a journal until he died in battle. Author Michael Blake has written a narrative that convincingly captures the young general's spirit. As I neared......more

George Armstrong Custer is riding on his final campaign against the Indians. This novel purports to be his own account of his life leading up to his last stand at the Little Big Horn. It's an enjoyable and interesting novel, indicative of Custer the man, rather than Custer the legend. Custer obvious......more

Well-written and fascinating. I really enjoyed this one.......more

This is the author that wrote the book Dances With Wolves. After showing the movie to our daughter I read the book and enjoyed it enough that I put all of his books on my reading list. This is a fictionalized account of Custer's last days. Those accounts are used as a door to introduce the reader to......more

I really really enjoyed Dances with Wolves, and so was hoping for another life-on-the-frontier page turner. Sadly it didn’t live up to its predecessor, and I honestly found the book boring. I kept going though, thinking ‘Well at least there’ll be the famous battle at the end’. - Nope. The book finish......more