The Removes By Tatjana Soli Sarah Crichton Books Tatjana Soli brings a new twist to the oft-told love story of Libbie and George Armstrong Custer. In this fictionalized account, Libbie is Custer’s soulmate, but he is a narcissistic philanderer whose betrayals drive Libbie to tears. Soli gives flesh and bones to the suspicion that Custer had an Indian mistress who bore him a child. “The Removes” is more than the Custer tale, however.