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Fred Dustin
'''Fred Dustin''' ([[October 12]] [[, 1866]] &ndash; [[May 15]] [[, 1957]]) was a writer focusing on the [[American West]], in particular [[George Armstrong Custer  ]] and The [[Battle of the Little Bighorn]].

Dustin was born in [[Glens Falls, New York]] to James and Jennie E. (Green) O'Donnell. His mother died soon after his birth and he was sent to live with his aunt, Sara, who was married to Ira Dustin, whose last name Fred legally assumed. When he was 15, Fred Dustin left school and went to work in a lumber yard.

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Ironically, he made his only visit to the [[Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument|Custer Battlefield]] in 1938. The following year, he published his life's research in a work entitled ''The Custer Tragedy: Events Leading Up to and Following the Little Big Horn Campaign on 1876,'' a work considered a classic in Custeriana.

Fred Dustin died in Saginaw, aged 90.

==References==

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* [http://www.garryowen.com/dustin.htm] Biography of Dustin
* [http://www.umich.edu/~bhl/bhl/digpubs/anthro/butterdust.htm] University of Michigan library collection of Dustin's papers

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[[Category:American archaeologists]]
[[Category:People from Glens Falls, New York]]
[[Category:People from Saginaw, Michigan]]
[[Category:University of Michigan faculty]]