“Custer”, il ritratto firmato McMurtry

Gaspare Bona has translated Larry McMurtry's biographical profile of George Armstrong Custer for Einaudi. The book examines the life of the American general who led a failed expedition against Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho forces on June 25, 1876.

McMurtry's work seeks to evoke the spirit of the man rather than reconstruct a full biography. The text describes Custer as an ambitious, cynical, and opportunistic figure.