Army Doctor on the Western Frontier : Journals and Letters of John Vance Lauderdale, 1864-1890.
Title:
Army Doctor on the Western Frontier : Journals and Letters of John Vance Lauderdale, 1864-1890.
Author:
Utley, Robert M.
ISBN:
9780826354556
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (174 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Fort Bridger, Utah, 1864-1866 -- Chapter 2 Fort Yuma, California, 1868-1869 -- Chapter 3 Camp Lowell, Arizona, 1869-1870 -- Chapter 4 Fort Yuma, California, 1870-1871 -- Chapter 5 Fort Wingate, New Mexico, 1874-1875 -- Chapter 6 Fort Wingate, New Mexico, 1876-1878 -- Chapter 7 Fort Sully, Dakota, 1882-1886 -- Chapter 8 Fort Clark, Texas, 1887-1888 -- Chapter 9 Fort Davis, Texas, 1888-1890 -- Chapter 10 Retirement and After -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
This selection of Lauderdale's writings, edited and annotated by a premier historian of the American West, offers an insightful account of army life that will teach readers much about the settlement and growth of the West in a time of rapid change.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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