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- ↑ Review of book at New York Times
- ↑ Dippie, Brian. Review of Custer, by Larry McMurtry. Western American Literature 48, no. 4 (2014): 480-481. https://doi.org/10.1353/wal.2014.0039.
- ↑ Review of book at Los Angeles Review of Books
- ↑ Review of book at Kirkus