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Following the Drum: A U. S. Infantry Officer's Wife on the Texas Frontier in the Early 1850's

Following the Drum: A U. S. Infantry Officer's Wife on the Texas Frontier in the Early 1850's - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Teresa Griffin VielePublish date:2010-01-15Pages:144
Language:EnglishPublisher:Leonaur LtdISBN-13:9781846779527ISBN-10:1846779529UPC:9781846779527Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United States, MilitaryBook Topic:19th Century, United StatesSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.7099Product ID:SC12S08MZJ
A view of the early Texan frontier from a female view point

Teresa Viele was a strong minded woman with clear cut views. Fate would dictate that her life would not be defined by her experiences as an army wife, but in this book she has left us a significant insight into the activities of the officers, soldiers and families of a United States Infantry regiment on the Texas frontier in the pre-Civil War period. Her account encompasses everything that came under her eye and into her active mind-from travel, landscape, flora, fauna and food. Less domestically, she turned her thoughts and pen to the subject of Mexicans and United States political relations with Mexico, the omnipresent threat of Comanche raiders and the ability and capacity of the army to fulfil its border protection duties. Viele also provides an interesting perspective on Jose Maria Jesus Carbajal and the Merchants War. This is an unusual female viewpoint on life on the early South Western American frontier and is an important chronicle of a woman in Texas during the pioneer period. Available in soft cover and hard back with dust jacket for collectors. Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Leonaur LtdISBN-13:9781846779527ISBN-10:1846779529UPC:9781846779527Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United States, MilitaryBook Topic:19th Century, United StatesSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.7099Product ID:SC12S08MZJ
Publisher: Leonaur Ltd

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