On the Plains with Custer The Western Life and Deeds of the Chief With the Yellow Hair, Under Whom Served Boy Bugler Ned Fletcher, When in the Troublous Years 1866–1876 the Fighting Seventh Cavalry Helped to Win Pioneer Kansas, Nebraska, and Dakota for White Civilization and Today's Peace

"On the Plains with Custer" by Edwin L. Sabin is a story set in the American West that follows Ned Fletcher, a young boy who escapes captivity and finds himself on a tough journey through the Kansas prairie, alone and searching for family. When Ned crosses paths with General Custer during a buffalo chase, their meeting sparks a glimmer of hope in Ned, influencing him to enlist in the army. The novel unfolds as a historic adventure, portraying the everyday realities of frontier life, the trials of young soldiers, the complex relationship between settlers and Native Americans, and Ned's personal quest while serving alongside Custer and the Seventh Cavalry.