Ordered West: The Civil War Exploits of Charles A. Curtis - Couverture rigide

 
9781574416695: Ordered West: The Civil War Exploits of Charles A. Curtis
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ISBN 10 : 1574416693 ISBN 13 : 9781574416695
Editeur : University of North Texas Press,U.S., 2017

Synopsis

During the Civil War, Charles Curtis served in the 5th United States Infantry on the New Mexico and Arizona frontier. He spent his years from 1862 to 1865 on garrison duty, interacting with Native Americans, both hostile and friendly. Years after his service and while president of Norwich University, Curtis wrote an extensive memoir of his time in the Southwest. This memoir was serialized and published in a New England newspaper and so remained unknown, until now.
In addition to his keen observations of daily life as a soldier serving in the American Southwest, Curtis's reminiscences include extensive descriptions of Arizona and New Mexico and detail his encounters with Indians, notable military figures, eccentrics, and other characters from the Old West. Among these many stories readers will find Curtis's accounts of meeting Kit Carson, the construction of Fort Whipple, and expeditions against the Navajo and Apache.
In Ordered West, editors Alan D. Gaff and Donald H. Gaff have pulled together the pieces of Curtis's story and assembled them into a single narrative. Annotated with footnotes identifying people, places, and events, the text is lavishly illustrated throughout with pictures of key figures and maps. A detailed biographical overview of Curtis and how his story came to print is also included.

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À propos de l?auteur

ALAN D. GAFF is an independent scholar and President of Historical Investigations. His previous books include Bayonets in the Wilderness, Blood in the Argonne, and On Many a Bloody Field. DONALD H. GAFF is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Northern Iowa, and co-editor with Alan D. Gaff of A Corporal's Story: Civil War Recollections of the Twelfth Massachusetts.

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Éditeur
University of North Texas Press,U.S.
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1574416693
ISBN 13 
9781574416695
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
704
Éditeur
Gaff Alan D, Gaff Donald H
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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