Why I read the book: I’ve read a lot about the battle, but I didn’t have a good feel of what the area looked like. (I didn't even know there was a four-foot fence on the battlefield!)I also enjoy then-and-now photograph comparisons, so this book was a natural.

What I liked about the book: I have a much better feel for the site. The photographs do a good job of showing how remote and bleak the area was — and is. I read histories of the battle recently enough that I can now place the events in the proper locations. I also have a very good sense of the location and appearance of the four-foot fence.

What I didn’t like about the book: OK, I’m a Custer junkie, but this book got redundant, even for me. It wasn’t necessary to point out the four-foot black fence around the last-stand area in every photograph in which it appeared, particularly when dealing with the part of the field inside the fence.

The least interesting quote: The four-foot fence around the markers on the hillside can be seen in this image.

Recommendation: If you like then-and-now photographs, if you want to see what the Little Bighorn Battlefield looks like, if you enjoy photos of horse bones, or if you want to see the four-foot fence for yourself, this book is for you. For the photographs and the sense of the area, I enjoyed it, but the redundancy brought my rating down to a 7.