Photographing Custer's Battlefield: The Images of Kenneth F. Roahen

Rick Lester said Photos trump any map. Having never had the opportunity to visit the Little Bighorn Battlefield, this book was interesting. The author did a remarkable job of finding the location of historical photographs and reproducing them with historical narratives. Published in "Photos trump any map" according to Rick Lester. Having never had the opportunity to visit the Little Bighorn Battlefield, this book was interesting. The author did a remarkable job of finding the location of historical photographs and reproducing them with historical narratives. Published in 2016 I’m a sigh and shake my head that the cover was the only color photo. Photos tracing the path of Reno’s retreat from the w. 016 I’m a sigh and shake my head that the cover was the only color photo. Photos tracing the path of Reno’s retreat from the w. Great pictures This book does a good job of what the author intended. It compares photos taken in the 1960's of notable LBH sites with modern photos taken by the author. The history of the battle and how it relates to these sites written by each photo. I would have loved to have all of the modern pictures be in color but I'm sure that would have made the book too expensive. I gladly would pay dou. "I find it interesting to see modern shots taken from" according to Feldmar Twomblebee. I find it interesting to see modern shots taken from the same place and at the same angle and lighting as photographs taken over a century ago.

“Kenneth Roahen’s photography is a significant record, and Sandy Barnard’s presentation and assessment of it make Photographing Custer’s Battlefield rich, enlightening, and thoroughly rewarding.”—Jerome A. Greene, author of Stricken Field: The Little Bighorn since 1876

Roahen’s photographic legacy, explored here in more than 300 historic and contemporary images, offers fresh insight into the battlefield’s ever-changing landscape, helping visitors old and new to better understand the history beneath their feet.. Barnard opens by introducing readers to Roahen, who spent the last phase of his career and his retirement years in Montana, where he made it his personal mission from the 1930s to the 1970s to photograph what was then called Custer Battlefield. When paired with Barnard’s modern-day photographs, maps, and thorough analysis, Roahen’s images provide valuable information for visitors to the monument as well as for historians, biologists, engineers, and other government employees who interpret, preserve, and protect the battlefield and its surrounding terrain. He also made a series of pioneering aerial photographs of the Little Big Horn and its surrounding landscape. In the 140 years